1 Peter 3:8

The summing up, is, that ye all be in harmony, that ye be sympathetic with them who suffer, and affectionate one to another, and be merciful and kind.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

In Context

7And ye husbands, likewise, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, and hold them in honor, as the feebler vessels; because they also will inherit with you the gift of eternal life: and let not your prayers be hindered.

9And that ye recompense to no one evil for evil, neither railing for railing; but, in contrariety to these, that ye bless: for to this were ye called, that ye might inherit a blessing.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:33oughtest not thou also to have compassion on thy fellow-servant, as I had compassion on thee?

Acts 2:1And when the days of pentecost were fully come, while they were all assembled together,

Acts 27:3And the next day, we arrived at Zidon. And the centurion treated Paul with kindness, and permitted him to visit his friends and be refreshed.

Romans 12:10Be affectionate to your brethren: and love one another. Be foremost in honoring one another.

Romans 15:5And may the God of patience and of consolation, grant to you, to think in harmony one with another, in Jesus Messiah;

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:2-8

Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet… Read the whole commentary →

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