11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
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Commentary on 1 Peter 3 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 3
Wherein the apostle describes the duties of husbands and wives one to another, beginning with the duty of the wife (v. 1-7). He exhorts Christians to unity, love, compassion, peace, and patience under sufferings; to oppose the slanders of their enemies, not by returning evil for evil, or railing for railing, but by blessing; by a ready account of their faith and hope, and by keeping a good conscience (v. 8-17). To encourage them to this, he proposes the example of Christ, who suffered, the just for the unjust, but yet punished the old world for their disobedience, and saved the few who were faithful in the days of Noah (v. 18-22).
1Pe 3:1-7
The apostle having treated of the duties of subjects to their sovereigns, and of servants to their masters, proceeds to explain the duty of husbands and wives.
1Pe 3:8-15
The apostle here passes from special to more general exhortations.
1Pe 3:16-17
The confession of a Christian's faith cannot credibly be supported but by the two means here specified-a good conscience and a good conversation. conscience is good when it does its office well, when it is kept pure and uncorrupt, and clear from guilt; then it will justify you, though men accuse you. A good conversation in Christ is a holy life, according to the doctrine and example of Christ. "Look well to your conscience, and to your conversation; and then, though men speak evil of you, and falsely accuse you as evil-doers, you will clear yourselves, and bring them to shame. Perhaps you may think it hard to suffer for well-doing, for keeping a good conscience and a good conversation; but be not discouraged, for it is better for you, though worse for your enemies, that you suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.' Learn,
1Pe 3:18-20
Here,
1Pe 3:21-22
Noah's salvation in the ark upon the water prefigured the salvation of all good Christians in the church by baptism; that temporal salvation by the ark was a type, the antitype whereunto is the eternal salvation of believers by baptism, to prevent mistakes about which the apostle,