1 Peter 3:8-22 ASV

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:8-9

1 Peter 3:8-9Finally, be ye all of one mind.Christian unityI. What unity is.1. It is a mutual agreement.2. It is a mutual care of the common interest. If there be ever so much agreement in opinion and judgment, yet if the interests are divided it is not unity.3. The terms of union and all the means of it must be lawful. Otherwise it is not unity, but conspiracy.II. The advantages of unity.1. It is the safety of all societies.2. Unity best serves the purposes of religion. I need not say that... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:10-11

1 Peter 3:10-11He that will love life.The true life worth livingThe text is a quotation from a psalm (Psalms 34:12). The quotation in the original is slightly varied in the old Greek translation, and by St. Peter. One is tempted to wish that the R.V., instead of adopting “he that would love life,” had just added a few letters to the Authorised translation. We should then read, “he that willeth to love life,” that is, “he whose deliberate will it is to love life; he who sets himself to love a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:12

1 Peter 3:12The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous.God’s different regards to saints and sinnersI. The two sorts of persons here spoken of.1. The righteous. They have a true love to all God’s commandments, and will not allow themselves in anything which they know to be contrary to the will of God.2. Those that do evil. Good men sometimes may do evil, through ignorance, or the power of temptation; but this is not the bent of their minds: when sensible of it, they are sorry for it. The... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:13

1 Peter 3:13And who is he that will harm you? The harmed and the unhatchedThe primary sense of these words is this: A man’s best safeguard is benevolence; if we are ourselves inoffensive in our behaviour, others will be less likely to injure us; in proportion as we are anxious to do good, we shall be less likely to suffer evil. It is true, indeed, that the main scope of the argument is to show the manifold blessings which even in this world attend on the righteous. We are taught that he who... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:14-17

1 Peter 3:14-17But if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake.The sufferings of ChristiansI. Why Christians must expect to meet with persecution or suffering in the world.II. Real Christians are happy even in the midst of their present sufferings. This will appear, if we consider the object, the nature, and the foundation of the Christian’s happiness.1. His happiness is placed beyond the reach of accident, and the fear of change: a God reconciled through Jesus Christ is the supreme object of his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:18-20

1 Peter 3:18-20Christ also hath once suffered for sins.The great atonementI. The glorious person who suffered for sin and sinners.II. The sufferings by which he made atonement for sin.1. Sin was the procuring cause of them.2. His human nature was the immediate subject of them.3. They were the sufferings of a Divine person.4. They were not imaginary but real.5. The sufferings of Christ were necessary.6. Vicarious.7. Grievous.8. Voluntary.9. By them the justice of God was fully satisfied.10.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 3:8

8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Ver. 8. Be courteous ] Gr. φιλοφρονες , friendly minded, ready to any good office. Christianity is no enemy to courtesy, but includes it. See the practice of it in Abraham and the Hittites, Boaz and his reapers, the angels’ and apostles’ salutations, the primitive Christians’ holy kiss, in use in Irenaeus’s time, and Tertullian’s, till taken away from the abuse it grew rote; as... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 3:9

9 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 convitio regerere, quid aliud est quam lutum luto purgare? saith one. To render railing for railing, is to think to wash off dirt with dirt. That ye should inherit a blessing ] Blessings by words, properly, ευλογιαν . They that will speak good words to men, shall hear good words from God; they shall... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 3:10

10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Ver. 10. Love life ] Man is ζωον φιλοζωον , a creature that loves life, saith Aristotle. Who is the man that willeth life? saith David, Psalms 34:12 . And hereunto every man will be ready to answer, Ego, I do, as Austin observeth. But when the condition shall be added, Cohibe linguam, &c., Refrain thy tongue, &c., then, saith he, scarce any will appear or... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 3:11

11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. Ver. 11. Seek peace and ensue it ] A contentious man never lacks woe. Ut habeas quietum tempus, perde aliquid, was a proverb at Carthage, as Austin relates it; Et concedamus de iure ut careamus lite. For a quiet life let a man part with his right sometimes. read more

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:8-9

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:10-11

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:12

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:13

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:14-17

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 3:18-20

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 3:8

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 3:9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 3:10

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 3:11

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