1 Peter 3:11

Contextual Overview

⁸Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. ⁸ Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. ⁸ To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; ⁸Finally, y'all should all be like-minded. Take care of each other. Be humble and tender. ⁸ Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride: ⁸ Finally, [be] all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded; ⁸ Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous, ⁸ Finally, Be ye all of one mind, sympathizing with each other, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: ⁸ In conclusion, all of you should be of one mind, quick to sympathize, kind to the brethren, tenderhearted, lowly-minded, ⁸ Finally be ye all of one minde, hauing compassion one of another, loue as brethren, be pitifull, be courteous,

Bible Verse Review
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eschew: Job 1:1, Job 2:3, Job 28:28, Psalms 34:14, Psalms 37:27, Proverbs 3:7, Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 16:17, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:17, Matthew 6:13, John 17:15

do: Psalms 125:4, Matthew 5:45, Mark 14:7, Luke 6:9, Luke 6:35, Romans 7:19, Romans 7:21, Galatians 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:18, Hebrews 13:16, James 4:17, 3 John 1:11

seek: Psalms 120:6, Psalms 120:7, Matthew 5:9, Luke 1:79, Romans 5:1, Romans 8:6, Romans 12:18, Romans 14:17, Romans 14:19, Galatians 5:22, Colossians 3:15, Hebrews 12:14, James 3:17, James 3:18

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 6:2 - thy days Judges 11:14 - again unto Psalms 34:12 - What Psalms 119:101 - refrained John 5:29 - done good Romans 12:9 - cleave 1 Corinthians 14:1 - Follow 2 Corinthians 13:11 - live Philippians 2:14 - disputings Philippians 3:12 - I follow 1 Thessalonians 5:15 - ever 1 Timothy 6:11 - and 2 Timothy 2:22 - peace

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
The Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? You killed your brother and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground. So you will be cursed from this ground.

Genesis 4:10
And the LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
And God seide to Cayn, What hast thou do? the vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro erthe.

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me, from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let him eschew evil,.... Avoid all kinds of evil, hate it, abstain from the appearance of it, and have no fellowship with it; and particularly should avoid rendering evil for evil, or taking revenge on persons for doing him ill:

and do good; everything that is good, all good works, according to the will of God, in the exercise of faith, from a principle of love, and with a view to the glory of God; and without trusting to them, and depending upon them for life and salvation; and particularly do good for evil; do good to all men, acts of kindness and beneficence, even to enemies, and especially to them that are of the household of faith. The Jewish interpreters w on the psalm from whence these words are taken observe, that in the first of these clauses are contained all the negative precepts, whose number with them is three hundred, sixty, and five; and in the latter of them, all the affirmative precepts, which amount to two hundred and forty eight:

let him seek peace and ensue it: "or pursue it"; let him seek after it, in the world, and with all men, as much as possible, yea, with his very enemies; and live a peaceable and quiet life, in the kingdom, city, town, and neighbourhood where he is; and particularly in the church of God, and with the saints; which he should seek with all diligence and eagerness, and pursue with all rigour to the utmost of his power; and endeavour to cultivate all he can, and follow the things which make for it. The note of one of the Jewish commentators x on this passage is, "seek peace", in thine own place; "and pursue it", in another place.

w Aben Ezra & Kimchi in Psal. xxxiv. 14. x Jarchi.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let him eschew evil - Let him avoid all evil. Compare Job 1:1.

And do good - In any and every way; by endeavoring to promote the happiness of all. Compare the notes at Galatians 6:10.

Let him seek peace, and ensue it - Follow it; that is, practice it. See the Matthew 5:9 note; Romans 12:18 note. The meaning is, that a peaceful spirit will contribute to length of days:

1. A peaceful spirit - a calm, serene, and equal temper of mind - is favorable to health, avoiding those corroding and distracting passions which do so much to wear out the physical energies of the frame; and,

(2)Such a spirit will preserve us from those contentions and strifes to which so many owe their death. Let anyone reflect on the numbers that are killed in duels, in battles, and in brawls, and he will have no difficulty in seeing how a peace fill spirit will contribute to length of days.