1 Petrus 1:7

1:7 Such trials show the proven character of your faith, ¹  which is much more valuable than gold – gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away ²  – and will bring praise ³  and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. ⁴ 

1 Petrus 3:7

3:7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners ⁵  and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers. ⁶ 

1 Petrus 3:17

3:17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, ⁷  than for doing evil.

1 Petrus 1:2

1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling ⁸  with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure! ⁹ 

1 Petrus 1:11-14

1:11 They probed ¹⁰  into what person or time ¹¹  the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ ¹²  and his subsequent glory. ¹³  1:12 They were shown ¹⁴  that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven – things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

1:13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action ¹⁵  by being fully sober, and set your hope ¹⁶  completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ¹⁷  1:14 Like obedient children, do not comply with ¹⁸  the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance, ¹⁹ 

1 Petrus 1:20

1:20 He was foreknown ²⁰  before the foundation of the world but ²¹  was manifested in these last times ²²  for your sake.

1 Petrus 2:12-13

2:12 and maintain good conduct ²³  among the non-Christians, ²⁴  so that though ²⁵  they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. ²⁶ 

Submission to Authorities

2:13 Be subject to every human institution ²⁷  for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supreme

1 Petrus 3:1

Wives and Husbands

3:1 In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, ²⁸  even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, ²⁹ 

1 Petrus 3:20

3:20 after they were disobedient long ago ³⁰  when God patiently waited ³¹  in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark ³²  a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.

1 Petrus 4:3-4

4:3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians ³³  desire. ³⁴  You lived then ³⁵  in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, ³⁶  and wanton idolatries. ³⁷  4:4 So ³⁸  they are astonished ³⁹  when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you. ⁴⁰ 

1 Petrus 4:8

4:8 Above all keep ⁴¹  your love for one another fervent, ⁴²  because love covers a multitude of sins. ⁴³ 

1 Petrus 4:17

4:17 For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house ⁴⁴  of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate ⁴⁵  of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

1 Petrus 5:5

5:5 In the same way, you who are younger, ⁴⁶  be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. ⁴⁷ 

1 Petrus 5:10

5:10 And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ ⁴⁸  will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. ⁴⁹ 

[1:7]  ¹ tn Or “genuineness,” the result of testing. On the other hand it may denote the process of testing: “that the proving of your faith…may bring praise.”

[1:7]  sn The author is not asserting that the quality of the readers’ faith is in doubt and will be proven by future trials. He declares their faith to be a present reality in v. 5 and 9, so in context v. 8 affirms that their faith is indeed genuine.

[1:7]  ² tn Grk “which is passing away but is tested by fire,” describing gold in a lesser-to-greater comparison with faith’s proven character.

[1:7]  ³ tn Grk “that the testing of your faith…may be found unto praise,” showing the result of the trials mentioned in v. 6.

[1:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (cf. v. 13).

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “living together according to knowledge, as to the weaker, female vessel.” The primary verbs of vs. 7 are participles (“living together…showing honor”) but they continue the sense of command from the previous paragraphs.

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “so that your prayers may not be hindered.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek, this clause was translated as a separate sentence.

[3:17]  ⁷ tn Grk “if the will of God should will it.” As in 3:14 the Greek construction here implies that suffering for doing good was not what God normally willed, even though it could happen, and in fact may have happened to some of the readers (cf. 4:4, 12-19).

[1:2]  ⁸ sn For obedience and for sprinkling indicates the purpose of their choice or election by God.

[1:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “be multiplied to you.”

[1:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “probing.” The participle continues the sentence from v. 10 but has been translated as an indicative for English style.

[1:11]  ¹¹ tn Or “time or circumstances,” focusing not on the person but on the timing and circumstances of the fulfillment.

[1:11]  sn The OT prophets wondered about the person and the surrounding circumstances (time) through which God would fulfill his promised salvation.

[1:11]  ¹² tn Grk “the sufferings unto Christ,” i.e., sufferings directed toward him, what he was destined to suffer.

[1:11]  ¹³ tn Grk “the glories after these things.”

[1:12]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “to whom [pl.] it was revealed.”

[1:13]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “binding up the loins of your mind,” a figure of speech drawn from the Middle Eastern practice of gathering up long robes around the waist to prepare for work or action.

[1:13]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “having bound up…, being sober, set your hope…”

[1:13]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (cf. v. 7).

[1:14]  ¹⁸ tn Or “do not be conformed to”; Grk “not being conformed to.”

[1:14]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “the former lusts in your ignorance.”

[1:20]  ²⁰ tn Grk “who was foreknown,” describing Christ in v. 19. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:20]  ²¹ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

[1:20]  ²² tn Grk “at the last of the times.”

[2:12]  ²³ tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”

[2:12]  ²⁴ tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[2:12]  ²⁵ tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”

[2:12]  ²⁶ tn Or “when he visits.” Grk “in the day of visitation,” denoting a time when God intervenes directly in human affairs, either for blessing (Luke 1:68, 78; 7:16; 19:44) or for judgment (Isa 10:3; Jer 6:15). This phrase may be a quotation from Isa 10:3, in which case judgment is in view here. But blessing seems to be the point, since part of the motive for good behavior is winning the non-Christian over to the faith (as in 3:1; also apparently in 3:15; cf. Matt 5:16).

[2:13]  ²⁷ tn Or “every human being”; Grk “every human creation,” denoting either everything created for mankind (NRSV mg: “every institution ordained for human beings”) or every creature who is human. The meaning of the verb “be subject” and the following context supports the rendering adopted in the text.

[3:1]  ²⁸ tn Grk “that…they may be won over,” showing the purpose of “being subject” (vs. 1b). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[3:1]  ²⁹ tn Grk “by the wives’ behavior.”

[3:20]  ³⁰ tn This reflects a Greek participle, literally “having been disobedient formerly,” that refers to the “spirits” in v. 19. Many translations take this as adjectival describing the spirits (“who had once been disobedient”; cf. NASB, NIV, NKJV, NLT, NRSV, TEV), but the grammatical construction strongly favors an adverbial interpretation describing the time of the preaching, as reflected above.

[3:20]  ³¹ tn Grk “the patience of God waited.”

[3:20]  ³² tn Grk “in which,” referring to the ark; the referent (the ark) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:3]  ³³ tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[4:3]  ³⁴ tn Grk “to accomplish the desire of the Gentiles.”

[4:3]  ³⁵ tn Grk “having gone along,” referring to the readers’ behavior in time past.

[4:3]  ³⁶ tn According to BDAG 857 s.v. πότος the term refers to a social gathering at which wine is served, hence “drinking parties” (cf. TEV, NASB). However, the collocation with the other terms in v. 4 suggests something less sophisticated and more along the lines of wild and frenzied drinking bouts.

[4:3]  ³⁷ tn The Greek words here all occur in the plural to describe their common practice in the past.

[4:4]  ³⁸ tn Grk “in/by which,” referring to the change of behavior described in v. 3. The unbelievers are astonished by the readers’ moral transformation. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:4]  ³⁹ tn Or “are surprised, are taken aback.” The same verb occurs in 4:12.

[4:4]  ⁴⁰ tn Grk “blaspheming,” giving the result of their astonishment. Here the target of their “blasphemy/vilification” is not God but the Christian.

[4:8]  ⁴¹ tn The primary verb of v. 8 is a participle (“having”) but it continues the sense of command from v. 7.

[4:8]  ⁴² tn Or “constant.”

[4:8]  ⁴³ sn The statement of v. 8b, love covers a multitude of sins, is proverbial: It is quoted from Prov 10:12 (cf. Jas 5:20). It speaks of the forbearance that comes with love: Christian love is patient and forgiving toward the offenses of a fellow Christian (Matt 18:21-22; 1 Cor 13:4-7).

[4:17]  ⁴⁴ tn Grk “to begin from the house.”

[4:17]  ⁴⁵ tn Or “the end.”

[5:5]  ⁴⁶ sn In this context younger and elder are terms that combine two meanings: relative age and an official structure of leadership in the church. As in v. 1, elder here denotes those who exercise spiritual leadership, who for the most part are older in years. Likewise younger means the rest of the community, who for the most part are younger in age, who are urged to accept the authority of their leaders.

[5:5]  ⁴⁷ sn A quotation from Prov 3:34 (cf. Jas 4:6).

[5:10]  ⁴⁸ tc ‡ A few important mss (א B 614 630 1505 pc) lack “Jesus” after “Christ,” while the majority include the name (Ì⁷² A P Ψ 33 1739 Ï latt). However, the inclusion is a natural and predictable expansion on the text. NA²⁷ includes ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou, “Jesus”) in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity. .

[5:10]  ⁴⁹ tn The pronoun “you” is not used explicitly but is clearly implied by the Greek.