1 Peter 3:16

3:16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect, ¹  keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. ² 

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 3:13

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

1 Peter 2:18

2:18 Slaves, ⁴  be subject ⁵  to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

1 Peter 3:10

3:10 For

the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep ⁶  his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

1 Peter 3:21

3:21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you ⁷  – not the washing off of physical dirt ⁸  but the pledge ⁹  of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

[3:16]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Grk “when you are spoken against.”

[3:13]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “For” to indicate that what follows gives an explanation.

[2:18]  ⁵ tn The Greek term here is οἰκέτης (oiketh"), often used of a servant in a household (who would have been a slave).

[2:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “being subject,” but continuing the sense of command from vs. 13.

[3:10]  ⁷ tn Grk “stop.”

[3:21]  ⁹ 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.

[3:21]  ¹⁰ 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.

[3:21]  ¹¹ tn Or “response”; “answer.”