1 Peter 4:15

4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker. ¹ 

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 5:13

5:13 The church ³  in Babylon, ⁴  chosen together with you, ⁵  greets you, and so does Mark, my son.

1 Peter 1:18

1:18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,

1 Peter 3:3

3:3 Let your ⁶  beauty ⁷  not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry ⁸  or fine clothes –

1 Peter 1:11

1:11 They probed ⁹  into what person or time ¹⁰  the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ ¹¹  and his subsequent glory. ¹² 

1 Peter 2:7

2:7 So you who believe see ¹³  his value, ¹⁴  but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the ¹⁵  cornerstone, ¹⁶ 

1 Peter 3:9

3:9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless ¹⁷  others ¹⁸  because you were called to inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 3:20

3:20 after they were disobedient long ago ¹⁹  when God patiently waited ²⁰  in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark ²¹  a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.

1 Peter 4:11

4:11 Whoever speaks, let it be with ²²  God’s words. ²³  Whoever serves, do so with the strength ²⁴  that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong ²⁵  the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

[4:15]  ¹ 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.

[3:17]  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).

[5:13]  ³ tn Grk “the one in Babylon,” which could refer to some individual woman (“she who is in Babylon”) since the Greek article (here “the one”) is feminine. But it is much more likely to be a veiled reference to a church (the Greek word “church” is also feminine in gender).

[5:13]  ⁴ sn Most scholars understand Babylon here to be a figurative reference to Rome. Although in the OT the city of Babylon in Mesopotamia was the seat of tremendous power (2 Kgs 24-25; Isa 39; Jer 25), by the time of the NT what was left was an insignificant town, and there is no tradition in Christian history that Peter ever visited there. On the other hand, Christian tradition connects Peter with the church in Rome, and many interpreters think other references to Babylon in the NT refer to Rome as well (Rev 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2, 10, 21). Thus it is likely Peter was referring to Rome here.

[5:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “chosen together,” implying the connection “with you” in context.

[3:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “whose,” referring to the wives.

[3:3]  ⁵ tn Or “adornment.”

[3:3]  ⁶ tn The word “jewelry” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate that gold ornaments or jewelry is intended; otherwise the reader might assume wearing gold-colored clothing was forbidden.

[1:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “probing.” The participle continues the sentence from v. 10 but has been translated as an indicative for English style.

[1:11]  ⁶ tn Or “time or circumstances,” focusing not on the person but on the timing and circumstances of the fulfillment.

[1:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “the sufferings unto Christ,” i.e., sufferings directed toward him, what he was destined to suffer.

[1:11]  ⁸ tn Grk “the glories after these things.”

[2:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “to you who believe is the value,” referring to their perception of the stone in contrast to those who reject (vv. 7b-8). But the expression may also be translated as “to you who believe is this honor,” referring to the lack of shame cited in v. 6b.

[2:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “the value” or “the honor,” but the former is preferred since it comes from the same root as “priceless” in vv. 4, 6, and it is in contrast to the negative estimate of the stone by those who reject (vv. 7b-8).

[2:7]  ⁸ tn Grk “the head of the corner.”

[2:7]  ⁹ sn A quotation from Ps 118:22 (cf. Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11).

[3:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “not returning…but blessing,” continuing the sense of command from the preceding.

[3:9]  ⁸ tn The direct object “others” is omitted but implied in Greek, and must be supplied to suit English style.

[3:20]  ⁸ tn This reflects a Greek participle, literally “having been disobedient formerly,” that refers to the “spirits” in v. 19. Many translations take this as adjectival describing the spirits (“who had once been disobedient”; cf. NASB, NIV, NKJV, NLT, NRSV, TEV), but the grammatical construction strongly favors an adverbial interpretation describing the time of the preaching, as reflected above.

[3:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “the patience of God waited.”

[3:20]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “in which,” referring to the ark; the referent (the ark) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:11]  ⁹ tn Grk “if anyone speaks – as God’s words.”

[4:11]  ¹⁰ tn Or “oracles.”

[4:11]  ¹¹ tn Grk “if anyone serves – with strength…”

[4:11]  ¹² tn Grk “is/are.”