1 Peter 3:13

3:13 For ¹  who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

1 Peter 3:17

3:17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, ²  than for doing evil.

1 Peter 5:2-4

5:2 Give a shepherd’s care to ³  God’s flock among you, exercising oversight ⁴  not merely as a duty ⁵  but willingly under God’s direction, ⁶  not for shameful profit but eagerly. 5:3 And do not lord it over ⁷  those entrusted to you, ⁸  but be examples to the flock. 5:4 Then ⁹  when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.

1 Peter 5:6

5:6 And God will exalt you in due time, ¹⁰  if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand ¹¹ 

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “For” to indicate that what follows gives an explanation.

² tn Grk “if the will of God should will it.” As in 3:14 the Greek construction here implies that suffering for doing good was not what God normally willed, even though it could happen, and in fact may have happened to some of the readers (cf. 4:4, 12-19).

³ tn Grk “shepherd,” “tend,” “pastor.”

⁴ tc A few important mss (א* B sa) lack ἐπισκοποῦντες (episkopounte", “exercising oversight”), but the participle enjoys otherwise good ms support (Ì⁷² א² A P Ψ 33 1739 Ï lat). A decision is difficult because normally the shorter reading is preferred, especially when found in excellent witnesses. However, in this instance the omission may be due to a hesitation among some scribes to associate oversight with elders, since the later church viewed overseer/bishop as a separate office from elder.

⁵ tn Or “not under compulsion/coercion.”

⁶ tn Grk “according to God.”

⁴ tn Grk “not as lording it over…but being examples.” The participles continue the command of v. 2 by describing how the shepherding should be carried out.

⁵ tn Grk “the ones allotted,” referring to those God has given over to their care.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to reflect the logical sequence of events.

⁶ tn Grk “in time,” but connoting “the proper time, when the time is right” as in Matt 24:45; Luke 12:42.

⁷ tn Grk “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that in due time he may exalt you.” The sentence was rearranged so that the English reader could more clearly see the connection between “casting” (v. 7) and “humble” (v. 6).