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A Word to Husbands

7 aHusbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, bas to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, cthat your prayers may not be hindered.  

Called to Blessing

8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be1 courteous;  
9 anot returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary bblessing, knowing that you were called to this, cthat you may inherit a blessing.  
10 For
a“He who would love life
And see good days,
bLet him1 refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit. 
11 Let him aturn away from evil and do good;
bLet him seek peace and pursue it. 
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
aAnd His ears are open to their prayers;
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”  

Suffering for Right and Wrong

13 aAnd who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?  
14 aBut even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. b“And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”  
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1 Peter 3:9

Not rendering evil for evil (mh apodidontev kakon anti kakou). Mh and the present active participle of apodidwmi, to give back. The same phrase in Romans 12:17 and the same idea in I Thessalonians 5:15. Peter may have obtained it from Paul or both from Proverbs 17:13; Proverbs 20:22, "an approximation to Christ's repeal of the lec talioniv (Matthew 5:38 ff.) which Plato first opposed among the Greeks" (Hart). Common use of anti for exchange.

Reviling for reviling (loidorian anti loidoriav). Allusion to I Peter 2:23 (Christ's own example).

But contrariwise blessing (tounantion de eulogountev). Adverbial accusative and crasis (to enantion) of the neuter article and the adjective enantiov (en, antiov, opposite, Matthew 14:24), "on the contrary." For eulogountev (present active participle of eulogew) see Luke 6:28; Romans 12:14 (imperative eulogeite).

For hereunto were ye called (oti eiv touto eklhqhte). See I Peter 2:21 for this verb and use of eiv touto (pointing to the preceding argument).

That ye should inherit a blessing (ina eulogian klhronomhshte). Purpose clause with ina and the first aorist active subjunctive of klhronomew, a plain reference to Esau, who wanted "to inherit the blessing" (Hebrews 12:17) after he had sold his birthright. Christians are the new Israel (both Gentiles and Jews) and are the spiritual descendants of Isaac (Galatians 4:22 ff.).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Peter 3:9:

1 Timothy 5:14
1 Peter 3:10

 

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