1 Peter 3:8-13 New American Standard Bible
8 [a]To sum up, (A)all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, [b](B)loving, (C)compassionate, and (D)humble; 9 (E)not returning evil for evil or (F)insult for insult, but giving a (G)blessing instead; for (H)you were called for the very purpose that you would (I)inherit a blessing. 10 For,
“(J)The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
11 (K)He must turn away from evil and do good;
He must seek peace and pursue it.
12 (L)For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
And His ears attend to their prayer,
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers.”
13 (M)And who is [c]there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good?
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Peter 3:8 Or Finally
- 1 Peter 3:8 I.e., as brothers and sisters
- 1 Peter 3:13 Lit the one who will harm you
Cross references
- 1 Peter 3:8 : Rom 12:16
- 1 Peter 3:8 : 1 Pet 1:22
- 1 Peter 3:8 : Eph 4:32
- 1 Peter 3:8 : Eph 4:2; Phil 2:3; 1 Pet 5:5
- 1 Peter 3:9 : Rom 12:17; 1 Thess 5:15
- 1 Peter 3:9 : 1 Cor 4:12; 1 Pet 2:23
- 1 Peter 3:9 : Luke 6:28; Rom 12:14; 1 Cor 4:12
- 1 Peter 3:9 : 1 Pet 2:21
- 1 Peter 3:9 : Gal 3:14; Heb 6:14; 12:17
- 1 Peter 3:10 : Ps 34:12, 13
- 1 Peter 3:11 : Ps 34:14
- 1 Peter 3:12 : Ps 34:15, 16
- 1 Peter 3:13 : Prov 16:7
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