1Pe 1:8 | NETfull | STEP | You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

1 Peter 1:8

8 You ^{▼▼ Grk “whom not having seen, you love.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.} have not seen him, but you love him. You ^{▼▼ Grk “in whom not now seeing…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.} do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice ^{▼▼ Grk “in whom not now seeing but believing, you exult.” The participles have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.} with an indescribable and glorious ^{▼▼ Grk “glorified.”} joy,