1 Peter 3:8-12

All Are To Behave As Those Who Are Obedient With Regard To Each Other (1 Peter 3:8).

After briefly recalling admonitions he has already given (1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 2:22) Peter now sums up and expands on the section from the Scriptures, calling on all Christians, both men and women, slave and free, to behave rightly and openly in both word and deed. The Scripture in mind is Psalms 34:12 which appears to have been popularly used as a Christian guide, but is rendered rather freely so as to adapt it to the situation (as a popular preacher might do today).