1 Peter 3 NKJV

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love as brothers, <i>be</i> tenderhearted, <i>be</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>courteous; </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text 1Pet-3-10"><span class="oblique">“He who would love life</span></span><br /><span class="text 1Pet-3-10"><span class="oblique">And see good days,</span></span><br /><span class="text 1Pet-3-10"><span class="oblique">Let him</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span><span class="oblique">refrain his tongue from evil,</span></span><br /><span class="text 1Pet-3-10"><span class="oblique">And his lips from speaking deceit.</span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="oblique">Let him</span> <span class="oblique">turn away from evil and do good;</span></span><br /><span class="text 1Pet-3-11"><span class="oblique">Let him seek peace and pursue it.</span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="oblique">For the eyes of the</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>are</i> <span class="oblique">on the righteous,</span></span><br /><span class="text 1Pet-3-12"><span class="oblique">And His ears</span> <i>are open</i> <span class="oblique">to their prayers;</span></span><br /><span class="text 1Pet-3-12"><span class="oblique">But the face of the</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> <span class="oblique">against those who do evil.”</span></span></p></div> <h3> Suffering for Right and Wrong</span></h3><p><span class="text 1Pet-3-13"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And who <i>is</i> he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, <i>you are</i> blessed. <span class="oblique">“And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>sanctify <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>the Lord God in your hearts, and always <i>be</i> ready to <i>give</i> a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For <i>it is</i> better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.</span></p> <h3> Christ’s Suffering and Ours</span></h3><p><span class="text 1Pet-3-18"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>who formerly were disobedient, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while <i>the</i> ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-30429a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 3:4">1 Peter 3:4</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>imperishable</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30433b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 3:8">1 Peter 3:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>humble</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30435c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 3:10">1 Peter 3:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>restrain</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30440d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 3:15">1 Peter 3:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>set apart</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30440e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 3:15">1 Peter 3:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>Christ as Lord</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30443f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 3:18">1 Peter 3:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU, M <i>you</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30445g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 3:20">1 Peter 3:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU, M <i>when the longsuffering of God waited patiently</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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