1 Peter 3:8-12

Common English Bible

⁸Finally, all of you be of one mind, sympathetic, lovers of your fellow believers, compassionate, and modest in your opinion of yourselves. ⁹Don’t pay back evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, give blessing in return. You were called to do this so that you might inherit a blessing. ¹⁰For

those who want to love life
    and see good days
should keep their tongue from evil speaking
    and their lips from speaking lies.
¹¹They should shun evil and do good;
    seek peace and chase after it.
¹²The Lord’s eyes are on the righteous
    and his ears are open to their prayers.
But the Lord cannot tolerate those who do evil.^[a]