1 Peter 3:14 BSB — MannaFest

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But even if ye should suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

KJV

But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

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Commentary

5 voices

Bede

Commentary on the Catholic Epistles (735)

But even if you suffer anything for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. He says, not only does the one who inflicts evil upon those doing good not harm you at all, but also when the enemy persecutes you for the good deeds which he …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

But if ye should suffer - This is no harm to you, but a good. Fear ye not their fear - The very words of the Septuagint, Isaiah viii, 12, 13. Let not that fear be in you which the wicked feel.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Secondly, To suffer for righteousness sake is the honour and happiness of a Christian; to suffer for the cause of truth, a good conscience, or any part of a Christian's duty, is a great honour; the delight of it is greater than the torment, the honour more than the disgrace, and the gain much greater than the loss.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But and if ye suffer - God may permit you to be tried and persecuted for righteousness’ sake, but this cannot essentially harm you; he will press even this into your service, and make it work for your good. Happy are ye - This seems to refer to Mat 5:10, etc. Blessed or happy, are ye when men persecute you, etc. It is a happiness to suffer for Christ; and it is a happiness, because if a man were not holy and righteous the world would not persecute him, so he is happy in the very cause of his sufferings.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	But	G235 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
πάσχοιτε	paschoite	you would suffer	G3958 →
διὰ	dia	because of	G1223 →
δικαιοσύνην,	dikaiosunēn	righteousness,	G1343 →
μακάριοι.	makarioi	[you are] blessed.	G3107 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
φόβον	phobon	the threats	G5401 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
φοβηθῆτε	phobēthēte	shall you be afraid of	G5399 →
μηδὲ	mēde	neither	G3366 →
ταραχθῆτε·	tarachthēte	shall you be troubled;	G5015 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
leads to
- Luke 12:4–5
  I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
- Isaiah 8:12–13
  “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
- Revelation 2:10
  Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
- James 4:12
  There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
- Ecclesiastes 8:12–13
  Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.