Berean Standard Bible

1 Peter 3:9-22

9Do not repayG3361 G591 evilG2556 withG473 evilG2556 orG2228 insultG3059 withG473 insultG3059, butG1161 G5121 with blessingG2127, becauseG3754 toG1519 thisG3778 you were calledG2564 so thatG2443 you may inheritG2816 a blessingG2129. 10ForG1063,

“WhoeverG3588 wouldG2309 loveG25 lifeG2222andG2532 seeG3708 goodG18 daysG2250must keepG3973 his tongueG1100 fromG575 evilG2556andG2532 his lipsG5491 from deceitfulG1388 speechG2980.11 He must turnG1578 fromG575 evilG2556 andG2532 doG4160 goodG18;he must seekG2212 peaceG1515 andG2532 pursueG1377 itG846.12ForG3754 the eyesG3788 of the LordG2962 are onG1909 the righteousG1342,andG2532 HisG846 earsG3775 are inclined toG1519 theirG846 prayerG1162.ButG1161 the faceG4383 of the LordG2962 is againstG1909those who doG4160 evilG2556.”1

WhoG5101 can harmG2559 youG4771 ifG1437 you areG1096 zealousG2207 for whatG3588 is goodG18?

14ButG235 evenG2532 ifG1487 you should sufferG3958 forG1223 what is rightG1343, you are blessedG3107 . “Do not fearG3361 G5399 whatG846 they fearG5401; do not be shakenG3366 G5015.”2 15ButG1161 inG1722 yourG4771 heartsG2588 sanctifyG37 ChristG5547 as LordG2962.3 AlwaysG104 be preparedG2092 toG4314 give a defenseG627 to everyoneG3956 whoG3588 asksG154 youG4771 the reasonG3056 forG4012 theG3588 hopeG1680 that is inG1722 youG4771. ButG235 respond withG3326 gentlenessG4240 andG2532 respectG5401, 16keepingG2192 a clearG18 conscienceG4893, so thatG2443 those who slander youG1722 G3739 G2635 G3588 G1908 may be put to shameG2617 by yourG4771 goodG18 behaviorG391 inG1722 ChristG5547. 17ForG1063 it is betterG2909, ifG1487 it is God’sG2316 willG2307, to sufferG3958 for doing goodG15 thanG2228 for doing evilG2554.

18ForG3754 ChristG5547 alsoG2532 sufferedG3958 4 forG4012 sinsG266 once for allG530, the righteousG1342 forG5228 the unrighteousG94, toG2443 bringG4317 youG4771 to GodG2316 . He was put to deathG2289 in the bodyG4561 butG1161 made aliveG2227 in the SpiritG4151, 19inG1722 whomG3739 5 He also wentG2532 G4198 and preachedG2784 to theG3588 spiritsG4151 inG1722 prisonG5438 20who disobeyedG544 long agoG4218 whenG3753 GodG2316 waitedG553 patientlyG3115 inG1722 the daysG2250 of NoahG3575 while the arkG2787 was being builtG2680.

InG1519 the ark a fewG3641 people, only eightG3638 soulsG5590, were savedG1295 throughG1223 waterG5204. 21AndG2532 this water symbolizesG499 the baptismG908 that nowG3568 savesG4982 you alsoG4771—notG3756 the removalG595 of dirtG4509 from the bodyG4561, butG235 the pledge ofG1906 6 a clearG18 conscienceG4893 towardG1519 GodG2316—throughG1223 the resurrectionG386 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547, 22whoG3739 has goneG4198 intoG1519 heavenG3772 and isG1510 atG1722 the right handG1188 of GodG2316, with angelsG32 , authoritiesG1849, andG2532 powersG1411 subjectG5293 to HimG846.

Notes

1. 1 Peter 3:12 Psalm 34:12–16 (see also LXX) ↩
2. 1 Peter 3:14 Or “Do not fear their threats; do not be shaken.” Isaiah 8:12 ↩
3. 1 Peter 3:15 BYZ and TR But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. This sentence may also be included with the quotation from the previous verse; see Isaiah 8:13. ↩
4. 1 Peter 3:18 NE and WH died ↩
5. 1 Peter 3:19 Or in the spirit, 19in which ↩
6. 1 Peter 3:21 Or appeal for ↩