Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,
Peter was not denying that we face temptation from within, but he was addressing temptations from external sources particularly. [Note: See Gordon E. Kirk, "Endurance in Suffering in 1 Peter," Bibliotheca Sacra 138:549 (January-March 1981):46-56, for a good brief summary of Peter’s teaching on suffering in this epistle.] 