1 Peter 2:17

2:17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, ¹  fear God, honor the king.

1 Peter 3:6

3:6 like Sarah who obeyed ²  Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children ³  when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so. ⁴ 

1 Peter 3:14

3:14 But in fact, if you happen to suffer ⁵  for doing what is right, ⁶  you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them ⁷  or be shaken. ⁸ 

1 Peter 3:2

3:2 when they see your pure and reverent conduct. ⁹ 

1 Peter 1:17

1:17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here ¹⁰  in reverence.

1 Peter 3:15

3:15 But set Christ ¹¹  apart ¹²  as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. ¹³ 

1 Peter 2:18

2:18 Slaves, ¹⁴  be subject ¹⁵  to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

1 Peter 3:11

3:11 And he must turn away from evil and do good;

he must seek peace and pursue it.

1 Peter 5:14

5:14 Greet one another with a loving kiss. ¹⁶  Peace to all of you who are in Christ. ¹⁷ 

1 Peter 1:2

1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling ¹⁸  with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure! ¹⁹ 

1 Peter 3:21

3:21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you ²⁰  – not the washing off of physical dirt ²¹  but the pledge ²²  of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

¹ tn Grk “love the brotherhood.” The Greek term “brotherhood” is used in a broad sense to connote familial relationships within the family of God. BDAG 19 s.v. ἀδελφότης 1 suggests “a fellowship,” but in the present context “love the fellowship of believers” could be taken to mean “love to participate in fellowship with believers,” whereas the present verse suggests the Christian community as a whole, in familial terms, is in view. This same word occurs in 5:9; there it has been translated “brothers and sisters.”

² tn Grk “as Sarah obeyed.”

³ tn Grk “whose children you become.”

⁴ tn Grk “doing good and not fearing any intimidation.”

³ 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).

⁴ tn Grk “because of righteousness.”

⁵ 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).

⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 8:12.

⁴ tn Grk “behavior,” the same word translated “the way you live” in vs. 1.

⁵ tn Grk “the time of your sojourn,” picturing the Christian’s life in this world as a temporary stay in a foreign country (cf. 1:1).

⁶ tc Most later mss (P Ï) have θεόν (qeon, “God”) instead of Χριστόν (Criston; “Christ”) here. But Χριστόν is widely supported by excellent and early witnesses (Ì⁷² א A B C Ψ 33 1739 al latt sy co), and as a less common idiom better explains the rise of the other reading.

⁷ tn Or “sanctify Christ as Lord.”

⁸ tn Grk “the hope in you.”

⁷ tn The Greek term here is οἰκέτης (oiketh"), often used of a servant in a household (who would have been a slave).

⁸ tn Grk “being subject,” but continuing the sense of command from vs. 13.

⁸ tn Grk “a kiss of love.”

⁹ tc Most mss (א P 1739^c Ï) have ἀμήν (amen, “amen”) at the end of 1 Peter. Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, the absence of such a conclusion to the epistle in such witnesses as A B Ψ 81 323 945 1241 1739* co seems inexplicable unless the word here is not authentic.

⁹ sn For obedience and for sprinkling indicates the purpose of their choice or election by God.

¹⁰ tn Grk “be multiplied to you.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “which also, [as] an antitype, now saves you, [that is] baptism.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹¹ tn Grk “the removal of the dirt of the flesh,” where flesh refers to the physical make-up of the body with no moral connotations.

¹² tn Or “response”; “answer.”