1 Peter 1:8

1:8 You ¹  have not seen him, but you love him. You ²  do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice ³  with an indescribable and glorious ⁴  joy,

1 Peter 2:8

2:8 and a stumbling-stone ⁵  and a rock to trip over. ⁶  They stumble ⁷  because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. ⁸ 

1 Peter 2:11

2:11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

1 Peter 3:4

3:4 but the inner person ⁹  of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

1 Peter 3:6

3:6 like Sarah who obeyed ¹⁰  Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children ¹¹  when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so. ¹² 

1 Peter 3:14

3:14 But in fact, if you happen to suffer ¹³  for doing what is right, ¹⁴  you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them ¹⁵  or be shaken. ¹⁶ 

¹ tn Grk “whom not having seen, you love.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Grk “in whom not now seeing…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

³ tn Grk “in whom not now seeing but believing, you exult.” The participles have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁴ tn Grk “glorified.”

⁵ tn Grk “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” The latter phrase uses the term σκάνδαλον (skandalon), denoting an obstacle to faith, something that arouses anger and rejection.

⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 8:14.

⁷ tn Grk “who stumble,” referring to “those who do not believe” in vs. 7. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁸ tn Grk “to which they were also destined.”

⁹ tn Grk “the hidden man.” KJV’s “the hidden man of the heart,” referring to a wife, could be seriously misunderstood by the modern English reader.

¹³ tn Grk “as Sarah obeyed.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “whose children you become.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “doing good and not fearing any intimidation.”

¹⁷ sn The Greek construction here implies that such suffering was not the norm, even though it could happen, and in fact may well have happened to some of the readers (cf. 4:4, 12-19).

¹⁸ tn Grk “because of righteousness.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “do not fear their fear,” referring to those who cause their suffering. The phrase “their fear” may mean “what they fear” (subjective genitive), but in a situation of persecution it more likely means “fear of them” (objective genitive).

²⁰ sn A quotation from Isa 8:12.