For the redeemed of God, suffering is short-term and of minor import relative to the glory that shall be ours when we receive the promised inheritance (1 Peter 1:4). The God who has prepared this inheritance for us will equip and strengthen for the duration of the suffering, and he will work all the tears and anguish to his children’s benefit. His almighty identity gives abundant reassurance to his people in their trials. For Christians new to the faith and only beginning to experience the suffering that may come with being misunderstood and distrusted by the spiritually unborn of the community, these promises are stimulating and encouraging.
10 Le Dieu de toute grâce, qui vous a appelés en Jésus-Christ à sa gloire éternelle, après que vous aurez souffert un peu de temps, vous perfectionnera lui-même, vous affermira, vous fortifiera, vous rendra inébranlables.