<p>1:6 <i>Wherein you greatly rejoice</i>- As in :8. Knowing we shall be saved if the Lord returns now is the basis for great joy. If we are not certain of this... then Christianity is hardly the source of all joy and peace, but rather a fearful looking ahead to judgment day.</p><p><i>Though now, for a little while, if need be, you have suffered many trials</i>- The idea is as in GNB &quot;even though it may now be necessary for you to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer&quot;. Rejoicing and sadness therefore go together in the Christian life. The joy experienced is something far deeper than surface level emotion; for on that level we may well be sad. This is how the Lord before His death could talk of sharing His joy with His followers; even though He Himself was sorrowful unto death.</p>