1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace Rather, as there is no implied contrast, " And the God of all grace." The epithet, like "the God of all comfort," in 2 Corinthians 1:3, implies that God is the Author and Giver of all grace that the child of God needs. In connexion with this attribute of God, there follows the fact that He had called those to whom the Apostle writes to nothing less than a share in His "eternal glory." It may be noted, as bearing on the question as to the authorship of the Second Epistle, that the same description occurs there also (2 Peter 1:3). But this calling is "in Christ," i.e not merely by Him as the instrument through whom the call came, but as being "in Him," i.e. by virtue of our union with Him.

after that ye have suffered a while Literally, suffered a little; but the context, contrasting the transient suffering with the eternal glory, as well as the use of the same adverb in chap. 1 Peter 1:6, justifies us in taking the word of time rather than degree.

make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you The English verb follows the Received Text in taking the Greek verb as optative. Most of the better MSS., however, give the future tense, "will make you perfect…," expressing not the prayer of the Apostle, but his firm and steadfast confidence. Each verb has a distinct meaning. That for "make you perfect" implies, as in Matthew 4:21; Luke 6:40; 1 Corinthians 1:10, restoring to completeness; that for "stablish," as 2 Thessalonians 2:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:3, the fixity of Christians; that for "strengthen" (not found elsewhere in the New Testament) giving power to resist attack. In "settle" (literally, to lay a foundation), as in Matthew 7:25; Luke 6:48, which may well have been in the Apostle's thoughts, we have the idea of building up the spiritual life upon Christ as the one foundation (1 Corinthians 3:11).