What Does 1 Peter 5:10 Mean in the King James?
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
After suffering, God’s promise unfolds as mending, firmness, strength, and a foundation.
THE MEANING
God’s favor calls you into the weight of the ages through Christ Jesus. After this brief suffering, God restores, makes firm, strengthens, and grounds you, the whole sequence is God’s work toward you.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that this suffering has left you beyond repair, or that your restoration rests on your own strength.
THE ROOT
καταρτίσει
katartisei
GROWS FROM
καταρτιζ-
katartiz-
To fit together, mend, restore, or equip.
The verb translated “make you perfect” also describes mending something so it can serve its purpose again. Its sense opens the promise toward restoration and readiness: suffering does not have the last word over what God is fitting together in you.
ALSO GROWS
katartizō: To mend or restore; the same verb is used for fishermen mending their nets.
καταρτίζω
In Matthew 4:21, the image is repair that makes something usable again, giving “make you perfect” a tangible sense of restoration.
katartismos: Equipping or fitting out.
καταρτισμός
In Ephesians 4:12, this related word describes the “perfecting” of the saints, linking restoration with being equipped for what lies ahead.
θεμελιώσει
themeliosei
GROWS FROM
θεμελι-
themeli-
A foundation; the act of laying something on a firm base.
The final verb gives “settle you” the image of being founded. The sequence ends with more than a temporary strengthening: God gives you a base on which to stand.
ALSO GROWS
themelios: A foundation or base.
θεμέλιος
This noun makes the verse’s closing image concrete: the reader is grounded, not left suspended after suffering.
themelioō: To lay a foundation or establish securely.
θεμελιόω
This related verb carries the same foundation image, showing that being settled is God’s work of giving firmness from beneath.
THE PATTERN
Brief distress gives way to God’s restorative favor and steadying work.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.THE THREAD
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.Hebrews uses the same Greek verb translated “make you perfect” here, and connects it with being equipped for good work. That opens the promise as God fitting and restoring you for a life that can carry what is good.
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