1 Peter 2:23

2:23 When he was maligned, he ¹  did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened ²  no retaliation, ³  but committed himself to God ⁴  who judges justly.

1 Peter 3:16

3:16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect, ⁵  keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. ⁶ 

1 Peter 4:4

4:4 So ⁷  they are astonished ⁸  when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you. ⁹ 

1 Peter 3:9

3:9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless ¹⁰  others ¹¹  because you were called to inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 4:14

4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, ¹²  who is the Spirit of God, ¹³  rests ¹⁴  on you.

¹ tn Grk “who being maligned,” continuing the reference to Christ. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Grk “he did not threaten, but.”

³ sn An allusion to Isa 53:7.

⁴ tn Grk “to the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “but with courtesy and respect,” continuing the command of v. 15. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁶ tn Grk “when you are spoken against.”

⁹ tn Grk “in/by which,” referring to the change of behavior described in v. 3. The unbelievers are astonished by the readers’ moral transformation. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰ tn Or “are surprised, are taken aback.” The same verb occurs in 4:12.

¹¹ tn Grk “blaspheming,” giving the result of their astonishment. Here the target of their “blasphemy/vilification” is not God but the Christian.

¹³ tn Grk “not returning…but blessing,” continuing the sense of command from the preceding.

¹⁴ tn The direct object “others” is omitted but implied in Greek, and must be supplied to suit English style.

¹⁷ tc Many mss, some of them important and early ([א] A P 33 81 323 945 1241 1739 pm bo), add καὶ δυνάμεως (kai dunamew"; “and of power”) here. The shorter reading is supported by Ì⁷² B K L Ψ 049 pm). Although the evidence is evenly divided, the longer reading looks to be an explanatory or liturgical expansion on the text and for this reason should be considered secondary.

¹⁸ tn Grk “the Spirit of glory and of God.”

¹⁹ sn A quotation taken from Isa 11:2.