1 Peter 3:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

1 Peter 3:11 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Romans 14:19
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-15)

The apostle here passes from special to more general exhortations. I. He teaches us how Christians and friends should treat one another. He advises Christians to be all of one mind, to be unanimous in the belief of the same faith, and the practice of the same duties of religion; and, whereas the Christians at that time were many of them in a suffering condition, he charges them to have compassion…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. In oldest manuscripts, Greek, “Moreover (besides his words, in acts), let him.” eschew--“turn from.” ensue--pursue as a thing hard to attain, and that flees from one in this troublesome world.