Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers; God watcheth over them, looks favourably on them, and hears their prayers: see Psalms 34:15. This he lays down as a motive to patience under injuries, and to keep us from tumultuating passions, and desires of revenge; that God sees all we suffer, hath a care of us, and is ready to hear, and in due time to help us. But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil; his anger, or indignation; face being... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 3:11
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him not only in general avoid all sin, and exercise himself in all well-doing, (as the prophet’s meaning, cited in the margin, seems to be), but particularly, let him avoid all sin against his neighbour, not recompensing evil to him, and doing him all the good he can, and overcoming evil with good; and to this the apostle accommodates the prophet’s words. Let him seek peace; not only with God and his own conscience, but with his neighbours, which is here... read more