Where is it in the Bible?
1 Peter 5:7
7Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
In other translations
- ESV
- 7casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
- NLT
- 7Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
- CSB
- 7casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.
- KJV
- 7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
The surrounding passage
1 Peter 5:5–9, King James Version
5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Context
Peter writes to believers scattered across Asia Minor who were suffering for their faith. In the closing chapter he urges elders to shepherd God's flock and everyone to clothe themselves with humility (5:1–6). This verse follows that call to humility before God, and comes just before a warning to stay alert to the devil (5:8).
About the book of 1 Peter
Living hope and endurance for a suffering church.
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