Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Peter 5:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
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Quick Meaning
This verse calls the community to humble itself under God's mighty hand so exaltation remains God's work and timing.
Read It With
- 1 Peter 5:6–11
Read 1 Peter 5:6 with 5:6–11. This verse calls the community to humble itself under God's mighty hand so exaltation remains God's work and timing. The complete unit establishes this movement: The community humbles itself under God's mighty hand by casting anxiety on divine care, staying sober and alert against the devouring adversary, resisting firmly in faith, remembering worldwide fellow sufferers, and trusting the God of grace to restore and strengthen after a little suffering.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The final exhortation relocates fear from human controllers to God's care and turns suffering into vigilant, communal, hopeful resistance. Within that movement, this verse calls the community to humble itself under God's mighty hand so exaltation remains God's work and timing.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“under the mighty hand of God”
In plain language: The authority is God's, not a human substitute's.
Calls the community to humble itself under God's mighty hand so exaltation remains God's work and timing. Humility relinquishes self-exaltation without surrendering truthful agency.
Why it matters: The wording identifies this verse's distinct contribution to the complete unit.
How certain? probableWhat Remains True
Humility relinquishes self-exaltation without surrendering truthful agency.
How It Can Shape Life
- Act honestly and patiently without manufacturing status or accepting domination.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Peter 5:6–11 — Humble Trust, Honest Anxiety, and Vigilant Resistance Lead to RestorationSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Humility does not mean low self-worth, silence, refusal of protection, or compliance with a leader's will.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Peter 5:6–11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, repeated terms, and original-language discussion.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file 1Pet.txt, 5:6–11
Open the 1 Peter Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — 1 Peter with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level Greek, syntax, older-English wording, textual variants, and interpretive alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Peter PDF, 5:6–11 translation with attached translator, study, and textual notes
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