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1 PETER 3:16 katalalei/sqe {A}
Although the shorter reading katalalei/sqe is supported chiefly by
Egyptian (Alexandrian) witnesses, including î72 B Y 614 copsa
Clement, it is to be preferred on trans...
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Verse 16. _HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE_] The testimony of God in your own
soul, that in simplicity and godly sincerity you have your
conversation in the world. See on the term _conscience_ at the end of...
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HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE - That is, a conscience that does not accuse
you of having done wrong. Whatever may be the accusations of your
enemies, so live that you may be at all times conscious of
uprig...
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IV. THE COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS AND SUFFERING
CHAPTER 3:10-4:19
_ 1. The comfort in suffering (1 Peter 3:10)_
2. Few saved as illustrated by Noah's preaching (1 Peter 3:18)
3. The new life i...
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This short and simple section deals with the wider relations of the
Christian disciple to his fellow-disciples and to the world. It is an
expansion of Christ's teaching in the Golden Rule. It is clear...
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THE SILENT PREACHING OF A LOVELY LIFE (1 Peter 3:1-2)...
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A GOOD CONSCIENCE. See Acts 23:1.
WHEREAS. in (App-104.) what.
SPEAK EVIL. Greek. _katalaleo._ See James 4:11.
EVILDOERS. See 1 Peter 2:12.
BE ASHAMED. See...
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_having a good conscience_ We note once more the reproduction by St
Peter of one of St Paul's favourite phrases (Acts 23:1; Acts 24:16; 1
Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy
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Such is God’s prescribed method for those who desire to see good
days. 13 If only you zealously devote yourselves to what is good my
injunction not to requite evil with evil will be almost unnecessar...
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1 Peter 3:13 to 1 Peter 4:6. GOOD AND EVIL DOING IN RELATION TO
SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF HEATHEN, ILLUSTRATED BY THE SUFFERINGS OR
CHRIST AND THEIR EFFECTS...
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ΣΥΝΕΊΔΗΣΙΝ�, cf. 1 Peter 3:21. _A good conscience, mens
conscia recti_, is essential if the defence offered by Christians is
to convince their opponents. To this St Paul laid claim in making his
defen...
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A GOOD CONSCIENCE;— This may be called the _breast-plate_ of
righteousness. Ephesians 6:14.
_—Hic murus aheneus esto, Nil conseire sibi.———_
Be this thy brazen bulwark of defence, Still to preserve...
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V. SUFFERING AND THE GLORIES TO FOLLOW 3:134:19
_1. Proper Conduct When Suffering For Righteousness 3:13-17_
1 Peter 3:13-14 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of
that which is good?...
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Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of
evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good
conversation in Christ.
HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE - the spring of r...
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VERSE 16. HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE.
By doing what a good conscience approves, we have a good conscience.
This good conscience God approves. To keep or hold fast such a
conscience is accomplished by n...
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21 Following in the footprints left by our Lord while He was on earth
is often taken as the ideal of human deportment for believers in
Christ. And so it is-for the Circumcision, to whom Peter writes....
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3:16 which (e-10) See Note m, ch. 2.12. conversation (f-25) See Note
o, ver. 1....
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THE BLESSEDNESS OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE, THOUGH THEY SHOULD SUFFER LIKE
CHRIST
_B_ (iii). 1 Peter 3:1. Another divinely created ordinance of man is
marriage. One of the purposes of Christianity was to teac...
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MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD
1 PETER
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 3
WIVES AND HUSBANDS
v1 You wives must respect and obey your own husbands. Some husbands do
not obey God’s word. When they see your good beh...
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‘Conscience’ is the part of people that feels guilty when they do
wrong things. If people obey God, their conscience will be innocent.
Christians should not worry when people oppose them. One day God...
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HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE. — This strikes the key-note of the
paragraph. How vigorously St. Peter repeats it! “Zealous for that
which is good,” “for righteousness’ sake,” “_sanctify_ the
Lord,” “with m...
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CHAPTER 10
THEY WHO BLESS ARE BLESSED
1 Peter 3:8
THE Apostle now ceases from his special admonitions, and enforces
generally such qualities and conduct as must mark all who fear the
Lord. "Finally,...
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FOLLOWING CHRIST IN BEARING INJUSTICE
1 Peter 3:13
It was said of Archbishop Cranmer that the way to make him a life-long
friend was to do him some disservice, and surely these words of the
Apostle h...
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The marriage relation was then dealt with, and special emphasis was
laid on the fact that the true adornment of woman is found in her
character rather than in her dress. Husbands are charged to dwell...
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SUFFERING FOR RIGHT AND WRONG REASONS
Where the New King James puts "followers of what is good, the A.S.V.
puts "if ye be zealous of that which is good." More than just a
follower, this individual is...
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Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if
any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the
conversation of the wives; (2) While they behold your chaste
con...
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The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day,
believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a
considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
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_THE LORD AND THE HEART_
‘Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.’
1 Peter 3:15
In the days of Isaiah, the people of Israel were in imminent peril
among many foes, and the prophet would have them to...
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16_With meekness _This is a most necessary admonition; for unless our
minds are endued with meekness, contentions will immediately break
forth. And meekness is set in opposition to pride and vain
oste...
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After this general exhortation, brief but important to believers, the
apostle takes up the relative walk of Christians in a world where on
the one hand God watches over all, yet where He permits His o...
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HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE,.... Meaning not the faculty of the
conscience itself, which is naturally evil, and defiled with sin, and
is only made good by the sanctification of the Spirit, and the
sprink...
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Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of
evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good
conversation in Christ.
Ver. 16. _Having a good conscience_] Which y...
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_But if you_ should _suffer_ If any should be so wicked as to
endeavour to harm you when you are doing good; if your heathen rulers,
or any others, should persecute you for righteousness' sake; that i...
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A GOOD CONSCIENCE; one that is enlightened, whose dictates you follow,
and whose approbation you enjoy.
THEY; the wicked.
GOOD CONVERSATION; consistent life. So great is human wickedness that
men wi...
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HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE, THAT, WHEREAS THEY SPEAK EVIL OF YOU, AS OF
EVIL-DOERS, THEY MAY BE ASHAMED THAT FALSELY ACCUSE YOUR GOOD
CONVERSATION IN CHRIST.
The Christians may sometimes have to bear ev...
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The Christians as followers and defenders of good:...
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There is similar instruction for wives, for theirs is the subject
place, certainly not as slaves to a master, but as joined to their
"own husbands," a most-intimate and precious relationship. Because...
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_ 1 Peter 3:16 ‘and keep. good conscience so that in the thing in
which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ
may be put to shame.'_
‘AND KEEP. GOOD CONSCIENCE' -‘keep'-pres...
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14-22 We sanctify God before others, when our conduct invites and
encourages them to glorify and honour him. What was the ground and
reason of their hope? We should be able to defend our religion wit...
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HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE; this may be read either:
1. Indicatively, and joined (as by some it is) to the former verse;
and then the sense is: If ye be always ready to answer every one that
asketh you...
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1 Peter 3:16 having G2192 (G5723) good G18 conscience G4893 that G2443
when G1722 G3739 defame G2635 ...
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‘Having a good conscience; that, wherein you are spoken against,
they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in
Christ, for it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you
s...
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1 Peter 3:16. HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE, or, _having your conscience
unimpaired._ The term _conscience_ seems to make a nearer approach in
this passage than in the previous (see on chap, 1 Peter 2:19)...
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The injunctions on the subject of the blamelessness of conduct by
which Christians should be distinguished in their political, civil,
and domestic relations, are now succeeded by a train of exhortatio...
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HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE
(συνειδησιν εχοντες αγαθην). Present active
participle of εχω. See 1 Peter 2:18 for συνειδησιν and 1
Peter 3:21 for συνειδησις αγαθη again ("a
quasi-personification," Hart)...
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1 Peter 3:16
The Conscience of a Christian.
The more consistent a Christian is with his Lord's example, or, which
is really the same thing practically, the loftier his ideal of duty,
the more he must...
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1 Peter 3:1. _Likewise, ye wives be in subjection to your own
husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the
word be won by the conversation of the wives; while they behold your
c...
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CONTENTS: Duties of husbands and wives toward one another.
Exhortations to Christian consistency. Christ's vicarious sacrifice.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sara, Abraham.
CONCLUSION: Worldl...
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1 Peter 3:1. _Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands._ The
same words occur in Ephesians 5:22. Col 3:18. The excellence of piety
is pleaded here, as the first ornament of a wife. Wisdom conne...
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BUT DO IT. "Whether you are asked to explain your hope by some person
or a court of law, do it with gentleness and respect! By doing this,
those who accuse Christians of evil conduct will be made asha...
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1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 3:15 Believers should always be ready to
provide a reason for their faith. They should do so kindly and
engagingly. If they keep a GOOD CONSCIENCE because their behavior is
cor...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 Peter 3:15. LORD GOD.—Probably better, “Lord Christ.” “To
sanctify Christ or God was to count His name as holy above all other
names, His fear as the only fear which...
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EXPOSITIONS
1 PETER 3:1
LIKEWISE, YE WIVES. St. Peter has spoken of the duties of servants:
why does he omit those of masters? There must have been Christian
masters in Asia Minor, as is plain from...
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Shall we turn now to First Peter chapter three as Peter addresses
himself to the wives? This particular section goes back to verse
thirteen of chapter two,
Submit yourself to every ordinance of man fo...
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1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 2:19; 1 Peter 3:1; 1 Peter 3:2; 1 Peter 3:21;...
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Having a good conscience [σ υ ν ε ι δ η σ ι ν ε χ ο ν τ
ε ς α γ α θ η ν]. The position of the adjective shows that it
is used predicatively : having a conscience good or unimpaired.
Compare Hebrews 13...
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Having a good conscience — So much the more beware of anger, to
which the very consciousness of your innocence may betray you. Join
with a good conscience meekness and fear, and you obtain a complete...
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Here our apostle adds his advice to Christians, that they silence and
put to shame their adversaries, by their holy conversation, together
with their rational disputations: he bade them in the former...