11 let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;
`Happy the peacemakers -- because they shall be called Sons of God.
peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,
Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.
Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,
for the mind of the flesh `is' death, and the mind of the Spirit -- life and peace;
So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;
And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.
to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate,
and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: -- and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
`And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory -- to the ages. Amen.
that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.
And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'
And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that `is' wisdom, And to turn from evil `is' understanding.'
Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace. I `am' peace, and when I speak they `are' for war!
Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts.
In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.
A highway of the upright `is', `Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.
To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'
Then said Jesus unto them, `I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'
for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.
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Commentary on 1 Peter 3 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 3
Wherein the apostle describes the duties of husbands and wives one to another, beginning with the duty of the wife (v. 1-7). He exhorts Christians to unity, love, compassion, peace, and patience under sufferings; to oppose the slanders of their enemies, not by returning evil for evil, or railing for railing, but by blessing; by a ready account of their faith and hope, and by keeping a good conscience (v. 8-17). To encourage them to this, he proposes the example of Christ, who suffered, the just for the unjust, but yet punished the old world for their disobedience, and saved the few who were faithful in the days of Noah (v. 18-22).
1Pe 3:1-7
The apostle having treated of the duties of subjects to their sovereigns, and of servants to their masters, proceeds to explain the duty of husbands and wives.
1Pe 3:8-15
The apostle here passes from special to more general exhortations.
1Pe 3:16-17
The confession of a Christian's faith cannot credibly be supported but by the two means here specified-a good conscience and a good conversation. conscience is good when it does its office well, when it is kept pure and uncorrupt, and clear from guilt; then it will justify you, though men accuse you. A good conversation in Christ is a holy life, according to the doctrine and example of Christ. "Look well to your conscience, and to your conversation; and then, though men speak evil of you, and falsely accuse you as evil-doers, you will clear yourselves, and bring them to shame. Perhaps you may think it hard to suffer for well-doing, for keeping a good conscience and a good conversation; but be not discouraged, for it is better for you, though worse for your enemies, that you suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.' Learn,
1Pe 3:18-20
Here,
1Pe 3:21-22
Noah's salvation in the ark upon the water prefigured the salvation of all good Christians in the church by baptism; that temporal salvation by the ark was a type, the antitype whereunto is the eternal salvation of believers by baptism, to prevent mistakes about which the apostle,