A Textual Commentary On The Greek NT
1 Peter 3:14
1 Peter 3:14 mhde. taracqh/te {A}
A few witnesses (î72 B L) lack mhde. taracqh/te because the eye of the copyist passed from fobhQHTE to taracQHTE, omitting what lies between.
1 Peter 3:14 mhde. taracqh/te {A}
A few witnesses (î72 B L) lack mhde. taracqh/te because the eye of the copyist passed from fobhQHTE to taracQHTE, omitting what lies between.
Verse 14. _BUT AND IF YE SUFFER_] God may permit you to be tried and persecuted for righteousness' sake, but this cannot _essentially harm you_; he will press even this into your service, and make it...
BUT AND IF YE SUFFER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS” SAKE - Implying that though, in general, a holy character would constitute safety, yet that there was a possibility that they might suffer persecution. Compare...
IV. THE COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS AND SUFFERING CHAPTER 3:10-4:19 _ 1. The comfort in suffering (1 Peter 3:10)_ 2. Few saved as illustrated by Noah's preaching (1 Peter 3:18) 3. The new life i...
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)...
a Who will hurt you, if you are ardent lovers of goodness? Even if you do have to suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. Have no fear of them; do not be troubled; but in your hearts gi...
FOR, &C.. on account of (App-104. 1 Peter 3:2) righteousness (App-191.) HAPPY. Greek. _makarios._ Genitive translation "blessed"....
_But and if ye suffer for righteousness" sake, happy are ye_ Better, "But EVEN if ye suffer, BLESSED are ye," as reproducing more closely the beatitude of Matthew 5:10. _be not afraid of their terror_...
1 Peter 3:13 to 1 Peter 4:6. GOOD AND EVIL DOING IN RELATION TO SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF HEATHEN, ILLUSTRATED BY THE SUFFERINGS OR CHRIST AND THEIR EFFECTS...
ΕἸ ΚΑῚ ΠΆΣΧΟΙΤΕ. The καὶ throws the emphasis upon the words which follow, _e.g._ 1 Corinthians 7:21 εἰ καὶ δύνασαι ἐλεύθερος γενέσθαι means “if you _do_ have the chance of obtaining your freedom.” So...
Such is God’s prescribed method for those who desire to see good days. 13 If only you zealously devote yourselves to what is good my injunction not to requite evil with evil will be almost unnecessar...
ΠΆΣΧΟΙΤΕ _praes._ opt. _act. от_ ΠΆΣΧΩ (G3958) страдать. Opt. используется в _conj._ 4 типа, предполагающем, что в выполнении условия нет уверенности, "если вдруг" (RWP; Best; BD, 195; BG, 111). Между...
DISCOURSE: 2401 THE PERSECUTED ENCOURAGED 1 Peter 3:13. _And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be...
_1 PETER 3:14_.— The apostle, in the last verse, had strongly insinuated that no man would harm the followers of that which is good; but, as the Christians were still persecuted, or in danger of it, S...
V. SUFFERING AND THE GLORIES TO FOLLOW 3:134:19 _1. Proper Conduct When Suffering For Righteousness 3:13-17_ 1 Peter 3:13-14 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?...
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; BUT AND IF - `But if even.' The promises of this life extend only so far as is e...
VERSE 14. BUT IF YOU SUFFER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE. Notwithstanding all your efforts, afflictions may come upon you because of your faith. In that event esteem yourselves happy, for great is your re...
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....
IF YE SUFFER] RV 'if ye should suffer.' The persecution has not yet begun: cp. 1 Peter 3:17....
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...
When people do what is right, they usually receive *praise (1 Peter 2:14). Christians should always do what is right. This is important, even if they suffer for it. Christians are not to be afraid of...
BUT AND IF YE SUFFER. — The old-fashioned phrase would read more intelligibly thus: _Nay, if ye should even suffer._ So far are men’s attempts to “harm” us (by acts of malice to property or good name,...
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,...
ἀλλʼ … μακάριοι. _Nay if ye should actually suffer_ if some one, despite the prophet (1 Peter 3:13), should harm you _for the sake of righteousness, blessed are ye_. Peter appeals to the saying, μακάρ...
FOLLOWING CHRIST IN BEARING INJUSTICE 1 Peter 3:13 It was said of Archbishop Cranmer that the way to make him a life-long friend was to do him some disservice, and surely these words of the Apostle h...
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...
SUFFERING FOR RIGHT AND WRONG REASONS Where the New King James puts "followers of what is good, the A.S.V. puts "if ye be zealous of that which is good." More than just a follower, this individual is...
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: (15) and be not afraid of their (k) terror, neither be troubled; (15) A most certain counsel in afflictions, be they never so terrible, t...
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...
_SUFFERING, YET HAPPY_ ‘If ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye.’ 1 Peter 3:14 The early Christians needed all the encouragements and promises which were uttered by our Lord and His apos...
14. Hence Peter adds, _But if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake _The meaning is, that the faithful will do more towards obtaining a quiet life by kindness, than by violence and promptitude in taking r...
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...
BUT AND IF YE SUFFER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE,.... For the doctrine of justification by the righteousness of Christ, which was the great stumbling block to the Jews, and on account of which they persecu...
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy _are ye_ : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; Ver. 14. _But and if ye suffer_] _q.d._ Say you meet with such unreasonable men,...
_But if you_ should _suffer_ If any should be so wicked as to endeavour to harm you when you are doing good; if your heathen rulers, or any others, should persecute you for righteousness' sake; that i...
HAPPY; MATTHEW 5:10. OF THEIR TERROR; of any evil which they threaten. This, and the first clause of the next verse, are taken from Isaiah 8:12-13....
BUT AND IF YE SUFFER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE, HAPPY ARE YE; AND BE NOT AFRAID OF THEIR TERROR, NEITHER BE TROUBLED,...
The Christians as followers and defenders of good:...
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 3:14 ‘But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled,'_ ‘BUT' -The Bible is quick to keep us from ju...
14-22 We sanctify God before others, when our conduct invites and encourages them to glorify and honour him. What was the ground and reason of their hope? We should be able to defend our religion wit...
BUT AND IF YE SUFFER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE; if ye suffer unjustly, whether it be for the true profession of the gospel, or in the exercise of righteousness, being followers of that which is good, and...
1 Peter 3:14 But G235 if G1499 suffer G3958 (G5722) for G1223 sake G1343 blessed G3107 And G1161 not...
‘But even if you should suffer, for righteousness' sake, blessed ones are you: and do not be afraid of their fear, nor be troubled,' Nevertheless it is possible that they may suffer. For those who li...
1 Peter 3:14. BUT EVEN IF YE SHOULD HAVE TO SUFFER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE, BLESSED ARE YE. The old formula ‘but and if,' which the A. V. took over here from the Vulgate and the Rhemish Version (it is...
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...
BUT AND IF YE SHOULD SUFFER (αλλ' ε κα πασχοιτε). "But if ye should also (or even) suffer." Condition of the fourth class with ε and the optative (undetermined with less likelihood), a rare conditio...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
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...
BUT EVEN. "You may have to suffer for Christ. The hate of evil men may force this upon you. If so, _be happy_!" Compare James 1:2-4 and notes. Peter is saying that God will bless you in this. Compare...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 3:15. LORD GOD.—Probably better, “Lord Christ.” “To sanctify Christ or God was to count His name as holy above all other names, His fear as the only fear which...
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 Peter 2:19; 1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:10;...
Blessed. See on Matthew 5:3. Be troubled [τ α ρ α χ θ η τ ε]. The word used of Herod's trouble (Matthew 2:3); of the agitation of the pool of Bethesda (John 5:4); of Christ's troubled spirit ...
But if ye should suffer — This is no harm to you, but a good. Fear ye not their fear — The very words of the Septuagint, Isaiah 8:12. Let not that fear be in you which the wicked feel....
As if the apostle had said, "Though following that which is good be, generally speaking,. sure and certain way to keep you from harm, yet should it so happen, that notwithstanding all your piety and p...