Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Peter 3:9
Ye are called to inherit a blessing — Therefore their railing cannot hurt you; and, by blessing them, you imitate God, who blesses you.
Ye are called to inherit a blessing — Therefore their railing cannot hurt you; and, by blessing them, you imitate God, who blesses you.
Verse 9. _NOT RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL_] Purposing, saying, doing nothing but _good_; and invariably returning good for evil. _YE ARE THEREUNTO CALLED_] This is your _calling_-your _business in_ _lif...
NOT RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL - See the Matthew 5:39, Matthew 5:44 notes; Romans 12:17 note. OR RAILING FOR RAILING - See the notes at...
III. CHRIST THE PATTERN FOR HIS SAINTS CHAPTER 2:11-3:9 _ 1. Abstinence and submission (1 Peter 2:11)_ 2. Christ the pattern for those who suffer (1 Peter 2:18) 3. Glorifying Christ in the marriage...
This short and simple section deals with the wider relations of the Christian disciple to his fellow-disciples and to the world. It is an expansion of Christ's teaching in the Golden Rule. It is clear...
THE SILENT PREACHING OF A LOVELY LIFE (1 Peter 3:1-2)...
Finally, you must all be of one mind; you must have sympathy with each other and you must live in brotherly love; you must be compassionate and humble; you must not return evil for evil, nor insult fo...
EVIL. App-128. RAILING. Greek. _loidoria._ See 1 Timothy 5:14. Compare 1 Peter 2:23; 1 Corinthians 5:11. CONTRARIWISE. See...
_not rendering evil for evil_ We may probably see in the words a verbal reproduction of the precept of Romans 12:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:15, an echo of the spirit of the teaching of Matthew 5:39. As thi...
ΜῊ�. So Romans 12:17 and 1 Thessalonians 5:15. Doubtless St Peter is borrowing from St Paul, but the words may have been a kind of proverb and the converse ἀποδίδωσι κακὰ� occurs in Proverbs 17:13. λο...
B. SOCIAL DUTIES. 1 Peter 2:13 to 1 Peter 3:12 13 This warfare against heathen principles of living does not mean the subversion of the necessary bonds of society. Rather it deepens and intensifies...
ΆΠΟΔΙΔΌΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΠΟΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G591) отдавать, возмещать. Part, используется в роли _imper._ ΛΟΙΔΟΡΊΑ (G3059) обида, оскорбление, ΤΟΎΝΑΝΤΊΟΝ (G5121) = ΤΌ ΕΝΑΝΤΊΟΝ напротив (RWP). ΕΎΛΟ...
KNOWING THAT YE ARE THEREUNTO CALLED,— "As knowing that ye are called into the Christian church, that you might return good for evil, and in consequence of that, inherit a blessing." Heylin renders th...
_6. TOWARD REVILERS 3:9-12_ but contrariwise blessing _Eulogeo_ (eu, meaning good, well, plus _logos,_ word, discourse): to speak well of. Hence in the New Testament, to bless, ascribe praise or glo...
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. EVIL - in deed. RAILING - in word. BLES...
VERSE 9. NOT RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL. Christians may be wronged by acts or words. Acts or deeds are the evil I mention. Words are the railing here mentioned. Christians must not retaliate in kind. Up...
21 Following in the footprints left by our Lord while He was on earth is often taken as the ideal of human deportment for believers in Christ. And so it is-for the Circumcision, to whom Peter writes....
THE BLESSEDNESS OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE, THOUGH THEY SHOULD SUFFER LIKE CHRIST _B_ (iii). 1 Peter 3:1. Another divinely created ordinance of man is marriage. One of the purposes of Christianity was to teac...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 WIVES AND HUSBANDS v1 You wives must respect and obey your own husbands. Some husbands do not obey God’s word. When they see your good beh...
It is quite easy to behave well when people are kind. When people behave badly towards another person, that person’s natural reaction is to be bad in return. This is not what Jesus did (see chapter 1...
NOT RENDERING. — So far St. Peter has been speaking of _internal_ conduct. The two last adjectives, however, lead gradually into the wider field of conduct, and probably now he is thinking solely of r...
CHAPTER 10 THEY WHO BLESS ARE BLESSED 1 Peter 3:8 THE Apostle now ceases from his special admonitions, and enforces generally such qualities and conduct as must mark all who fear the Lord. "Finally,...
μὴ … κακοῦ, from Romans 12:17; _cf._ 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Proverbs 20:22, _Say not I will recompense evil_ (LXX τίσομαι τὸν ἐχθρόν): an approximation to Christ's repeal of the _lex talionis_ ...
CHRISTIAN FAMILY-LIFE 1 Peter 3:1 In the previous chapter the Apostle had been urging the poor slaves of wealthy householders to submit quietly to wrongs, leaving God to vindicate. Here he turns to t...
The marriage relation was then dealt with, and special emphasis was laid on the fact that the true adornment of woman is found in her character rather than in her dress. Husbands are charged to dwell...
BEING A BLESSING IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS Peter concludes his discussion of the Christian's treatment of others by telling all to have five special attitudes. First, Christ's followers should be united...
(11) Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; (12) knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. (11) We must not only not recompense...
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; (2) While they behold your chaste con...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
_THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT_ ‘Finally be ye all of one mind … that ye should inherit a blessing.’ 1 Peter 3:8 There are certain duties peculiar to certain positions and relations of human life. These the...
9_Not rendering evil for evil _In these words every kind of revenge is forbidden; for in order to preserve love, we must bear with many things. At the same time he does not speak here of mutual benevo...
After this general exhortation, brief but important to believers, the apostle takes up the relative walk of Christians in a world where on the one hand God watches over all, yet where He permits His o...
NOT RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL,.... Doing an ill thing in return to one that has done ill to you, and in a way of revenge for it; which is contrary to what is before advised to, and which is taking God's...
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. Ver. 9. _Railing for railing_] _Convitium conv...
_Finally_ This section of the epistle reaches to 1 Peter 4:11. The apostle seems to have added the rest afterward. _Be ye all of one mind_ Ομοφρονες, _unanimous;_ guarding against all unnecessary occa...
NOT RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL OR RAILING FOR RAILING; BUT CONTRARIWISE BLESSING, KNOWING THAT YE ARE THEREUNTO CALLED, THAT YE SHOULD IN HER IT A BLESSING....
EXHORTATIONS TO CHRISTIANS IN GENERAL, BASED ON CHRIST'S WORK OF REDEMPTION AND HIS STATE OF EXALTATION. True brotherly love:...
There is similar instruction for wives, for theirs is the subject place, certainly not as slaves to a master, but as joined to their "own husbands," a most-intimate and precious relationship. Because...
_ 1 Peter 3:9 ‘not returning evil for evil, or insult for insult, but giving. blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit. blessing.'_ ‘NOT RETURNING EVIL FOR EVI...
8-13 Though Christians cannot always be exactly of the same mind, yet they should have compassion one of another, and love as brethren. If any man desires to live comfortably on earth, or to possess...
NOT RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL, OR RAILING FOR RAILING; not recompensing evil either in words or deeds, PROVERBS 24:29: SEE POOLE ON "1 PETER 2:3", see ROMANS 12:14,17,19,21. But contr
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians up us also, if we do His will, and walk in His commandments, and love what He loved, keeping ourselves from all unrighteousness, covetousness, love of money, ev...
1 Peter 3:9 not G3361 returning G591 (G5723) evil G2556 for G473 evil G2556 or G2228 reviling G3059 for...
‘Not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but rather to the contrary, blessing; for to this you were called, that you should inherit a blessing.' We are not to combat evil with evil, nor...
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...
The injunctions on the subject of the blamelessness of conduct by which Christians should be distinguished in their political, civil, and domestic relations, are now succeeded by a train of exhortatio...
1 Peter 3:9. NOT RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL. The transition from the duties of Christians toward each other to their duties in relation to their adversaries is made easily through the last-named grace. A...
NOT RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL (μη αποδιδοντες κακον αντ κακου). Μη and the present active participle of αποδιδωμ, to give back. The same phrase in Romans 12:17 and the same idea in 1 Thessalonians 5:1...
1 Peter 3:1. _Likewise, ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; while they behold your c...
CONTENTS: Duties of husbands and wives toward one another. Exhortations to Christian consistency. Christ's vicarious sacrifice. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sara, Abraham. CONCLUSION: Worldl...
1 Peter 3:1. _Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands._ The same words occur in Ephesians 5:22. Col 3:18. The excellence of piety is pleaded here, as the first ornament of a wife. Wisdom conne...
DO NOT PAY BACK. "Do not take revenge!" INSTEAD. "Pay back evil with good, as Christ taught (Matthew 5:38-42)! In, this way you will help to prevent quarrels and fighting!" BECAUSE A BLESSING. "God pr...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 3:8 FINALLY, ALL OF YOU begins a list of godly virtues that all believers should model at all times. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 3:8. OF ONE MIND.—One aim and purpose. This is possible when all seek the honour of Christ; impossible when each seeks his own honour. LOVE AS BRETHREN.—Or “lov...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 3:1 LIKEWISE, YE WIVES. St. Peter has spoken of the duties of servants: why does he omit those of masters? There must have been Christian masters in Asia Minor, as is plain from...
Shall we turn now to First Peter chapter three as Peter addresses himself to the wives? This particular section goes back to verse thirteen of chapter two, Submit yourself to every ordinance of man fo...
1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 4:13; 1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 2:21;...
Rendering evil, etc. See Romans 12:17. Blessing [ε υ λ ο γ ο υ ν τ ε ς]. Not a noun governed by rendering, but a participle. Be not rendering evil, but be blessing....