Reflection on what God has done for us fills us with exultant joy. In this you greatly rejoice. The text could also be translated, ‘… in whom you greatly rejoice’. Since Peter uses the same verb in verse 8 to describe our joy in Christ, it is possible that he is thinking, not just of all the blessings we have in Christ, but of Christ in whom we have the blessings.1 Dramatically, Peter moves from ecstasy to agony. We who rejoice in Christ suffer grief