Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
What 1 Peter 5:7 says
Peter tells believers to cast all their care upon God, because God cares for them.
1 Peter 5:7 in context
4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 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. 10But 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.
1 Peter 5, verses 4–10. Read the whole chapter with John Brown’s notes in the Self-Interpreting Bible.
1 Peter 5:7 in the catechisms
The Reformation catechisms and confessions cite 1 Peter 5:7 once as a proof text.
All those that are justified God vouchsafeth, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption; by which they are taken into the number, and…
How to memorise 1 Peter 5:7
Hearers breaks the verse into clauses and teaches each clause in four steps. Then it brings each clause back just before you forget it.
01
Read
Read the verse with the clauses marked. Listen to it read aloud.
02
Trace
Type the first letter of each word, with the words shown faintly.
03
Fade
Half of the words go. Type the text again, and fill the gaps from memory.
04
Recall
All the words go. Type it or say it aloud. Each clause gets its own grade and its own review date.