1 Peter 3:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

¹³And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

1 Peter 3:13 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← 1 Peter 3:12 1 Peter 3:14 →

Original word meaning

— of 8

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
Psalms 38:20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God God Guidance Lord Majesty Theology Trinity

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. 13)

13. 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?”