1 Peter 5:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹² By Silva´nus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² By Silvanus, a true (loyal, consistent, incorruptible) brother, as I consider him, I have written briefly to you, to counsel and urge and stimulate [you] and to declare [to you] that this is the true [account of the] grace (the undeserved favor) of God. Be steadfast and persevere in it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God: stand ye fast therein.

Common English Bible

¹² I have written and sent these few lines to you by Silvanus. I consider him to be a faithful brother. In these lines I have urged and affirmed that this is the genuine grace of God. Stand firm in it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² I have written briefly, through Sylvanus, whom I consider to be a faithful brother to you, begging and testifying that this is the true grace of God, in which you have been established.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² By Sylvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I think, I have written briefly: beseeching and testifying that this is the true grace of God, wherein you stand.

1 Peter 5:12 Cross References

John 21:21

Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?

Acts 11:23

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Acts 15:22

Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to An´ti-och with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

Acts 20:24

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Romans 5:2

by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 15:1

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

2 Corinthians 1:19

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silva´nus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

Ephesians 3:3

how that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words;

Ephesians 6:21

But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tych´icus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

Colossians 1:7

as ye also learned of Ep´aphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

Colossians 4:7

All my state shall Tych´icus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord:

Colossians 4:9

with Ones´imus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.

1 Thessalonians 1:1

Paul, and Silva´nus, and Timothy, Unto the church of the Thessalo´ni-ans which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:1

Paul, and Silva´nus, and Timothy, Unto the church of the Thessalo´ni-ans in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Hebrews 13:22

And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.

1 Peter 1:13

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1 Peter 4:10

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

2 Peter 1:12

Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

2 Peter 2:15

which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Ba´laam the son of Be´or, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

3 John 1:12

Deme´tri-us hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.