1 Peter 3:1

Wives and Husbands

3:1 In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, ¹  even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, ² 

1 Peter 3:16

3:16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect, ³  keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. ⁴ 

1 Peter 4:14-16

4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, ⁵  who is the Spirit of God, ⁶  rests ⁷  on you. 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker. ⁸  4:16 But if you suffer as a Christian, ⁹  do not be ashamed, but glorify ¹⁰  God that you bear such a name. ¹¹ 

Matthew 5:11

5:11 “Blessed are you when people ¹²  insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely ¹³  on account of me.

Matthew 10:25

10:25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they defame the members of his household!

Luke 6:22

6:22 “Blessed are you when people ¹⁴  hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil ¹⁵  on account of the Son of Man!

Acts 24:5-6

24:5 For we have found ¹⁶  this man to be a troublemaker, ¹⁷  one who stirs up riots ¹⁸  among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader ¹⁹  of the sect of the Nazarenes. ²⁰  24:6 He ²¹  even tried to desecrate ²²  the temple, so we arrested ²³  him.

Acts 24:13

24:13 nor can they prove ²⁴  to you the things ²⁵  they are accusing me of doing. ²⁶ 

Acts 25:7

25:7 When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, ²⁷  bringing many serious ²⁸  charges that they were not able to prove. ²⁹ 

[3:1]  ¹ tn Grk “that…they may be won over,” showing the purpose of “being subject” (vs. 1b). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[3:1]  ² tn Grk “by the wives’ behavior.”

[3:16]  ³ 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.

[3:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “when you are spoken against.”

[4:14]  ⁵ 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.

[4:14]  ⁶ tn Grk “the Spirit of glory and of God.”

[4:14]  ⁷ sn A quotation taken from Isa 11:2.

[4:15]  ⁸ tn The meaning of the Greek word used here is uncertain. It may mean “spy, informer,” “revolutionary,” or “defrauder, embezzler.” But the most likely meaning is “busybody, one who meddles in the affairs of others, troublesome meddler.” The translation given in the text is intended to suggest this general idea.

[4:16]  ⁹ tn The verb is implied by the context but not expressed; Grk “but if as a Christian.”

[4:16]  ¹⁰ tn These are third-person imperatives in Greek (“if [one of you suffers] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed…let him glorify”), but have been translated as second-person verbs since this is smoother English idiom.

[4:16]  ¹¹ tn Grk “in this name.”

[5:11]  ¹² tn Grk “when they insult you.” The third person pronoun (here implied in the verb ὀνειδίσωσιν [ojneidiswsin]) has no specific referent, but refers to people in general.

[5:11]  ¹³ tc Although ψευδόμενοι (yeudomenoi, “bearing witness falsely”) could be a motivated reading, clarifying that the disciples are unjustly persecuted, its lack in only D it sy^s Tert does not help its case. Since the Western text is known for numerous free alterations, without corroborative evidence the shorter reading must be judged as secondary.

[6:22]  ¹⁴ tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.

[6:22]  ¹⁵ tn Or “disdain you”; Grk “cast out your name as evil.” The word “name” is used here as a figure of speech to refer to the person as a whole.

[24:5]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “For having found.” The participle εὑρόντες (Jeurontes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[24:5]  ¹⁷ tn L&N 22.6 has “(a figurative extension of meaning of λοιμός ‘plague,’ 23.158) one who causes all sorts of trouble – ‘troublemaker, pest.’ … ‘for we have found this man to be a troublemaker” Ac 24:5.”

[24:5]  ¹⁸ tn Or “dissensions.” While BDAG 940 s.v. στάσις 3 translates this phrase “κινεῖν στάσεις (v.l. στάσιν) τισί create dissension among certain people Ac 24:5,” it is better on the basis of the actual results of Paul’s ministry to categorize this usage under section 2, “uprising, riot, revolt, rebellion” (cf. the use in Acts 19:40).

[24:5]  ¹⁹ tn This term is yet another NT hapax legomenon (BDAG 894 s.v. πρωτοστάτης).

[24:5]  ²⁰ sn The sect of the Nazarenes is a designation for followers of Jesus the Nazarene, that is, Christians.

[24:6]  ²¹ tn Grk “who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) was replaced by the third person singular pronoun (“he”) and a new sentence begun here in the translation.

[24:6]  ²² tn Or “profane” (BDAG 173 s.v. βεβηλόω). The term was also used of profaning the Sabbath.

[24:6]  ²³ tn Or “seized.” Grk “whom also we arrested.” Because of the awkwardness of a relative clause in English at this point, the relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced by the pronoun “him” as object of the verb.

[24:13]  ²⁴ tn BDAG 778 s.v. παρίστημι/παριστάνω 1.f has “οὐδὲ παραστῆσαι δύνανταί σοι περὶ ὧν νυνὶ κατηγοροῦσίν μου nor can they prove to you the accusations they are now making against me Ac 24:13.”

[24:13]  ²⁵ tn The words “the things” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[24:13]  ²⁶ tn Grk “nor can they prove to you [the things] about which they are now accusing me.” This has been simplified to eliminate the relative pronoun (“which”) in the translation.

[25:7]  ²⁷ tn BDAG 801 s.v. περιίστημι 1.a has “περιέστησαν αὐτὸν οἱ ᾿Ιουδαῖοι the Judeans stood around him 25:7.”

[25:7]  ²⁸ tn Grk “many and serious.” The term βαρύς (barus) refers to weighty or serious charges (BDAG 167 s.v. 1).

[25:7]  ²⁹ tn The term ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeiknumi) in a legal context refers to legal proof (4 Macc 1:8; BDAG 108 s.v. 3).