1 Peter 5:8-9 Part 2 of 2

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.  

Resist him 
James 4:7  Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Ephesians 4:27  ... and do not give the devil a foothold.
Ephesians 6:11  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 

standing firm in the faith 
Colossians 2:5  For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is. 

because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings 
Acts 14:21b-22  Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said. 
Acts 5:41  The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. 
Romans 5:3-5  Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 
Romans 8:18-19  I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

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