1 Peter 3:13 KJV — MannaFest

1 Peter 3:13

And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

KJV

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ASV

And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?

WEB

Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

YLT

and who is he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?

DBT

And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which [is] good?

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1 Peter — Peter to scattered exiles across Asia Minor — five chapters on suffering and a living hope. A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.

Author: The apostle Peter (1:1); Silvanus assisted (5:12)
Date: Early 60s AD, likely from ‘Babylon’ (Rome, 5:13)

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17 verses on the floor

Matthew 5:10
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
3 John 1:11
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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This, I suppose, is spoken of Christians in an ordinary condition, not in the heat of persecution. "Ordinarily, there will be but few so diabolical and impious as to harm those who live so innocently and usefully as you do." (2.) This is the way to improve sufferings. " If you be followers of that which is good, and yet suffer, this is suffering for righteousness; sake (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

To encourage them to this, he proposes the example of Christ, who suffered, the just for the unjust, but yet punished the old world for their disobedience, and saved the few who were faithful in the days of Noah,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

who . . . will harm you--This fearless confidence in God's protection from harm, Christ, the Head, in His sufferings realized; so His members. if ye be--Greek, "if ye have become." followers--The oldest manuscripts read "emulous," "zealous of" (Tit 2:14). good--The contrast in Greek is, "Who will do you evil, if ye be zealous of good?"

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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