1 Petrus 1:8

1:8 You ¹  have not seen him, but you love him. You ²  do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice ³  with an indescribable and glorious ⁴  joy,

1 Petrus 1:17

1:17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here ⁵  in reverence.

1 Petrus 2:9

2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues ⁶  of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Petrus 2:12

2:12 and maintain good conduct ⁷  among the non-Christians, ⁸  so that though ⁹  they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. ¹⁰ 

1 Petrus 3:15

3:15 But set Christ ¹¹  apart ¹²  as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. ¹³ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Grk “whom not having seen, you love.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:8]  ² tn Grk “in whom not now seeing…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:8]  ³ tn Grk “in whom not now seeing but believing, you exult.” The participles have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “glorified.”

[1:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “the time of your sojourn,” picturing the Christian’s life in this world as a temporary stay in a foreign country (cf. 1:1).

[2:9]  ⁶ sn This verse contains various allusions and quotations from Exod 19:5-6; 23:22 (LXX); Isa 43:20-21; and Mal 3:17.

[2:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”

[2:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[2:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”

[2:12]  ¹⁰ 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).

[3:15]  ¹¹ tc Most later mss (P Ï) have θεόν (qeon, “God”) instead of Χριστόν (Criston; “Christ”) here. But Χριστόν is widely supported by excellent and early witnesses (Ì⁷² א A B C Ψ 33 1739 al latt sy co), and as a less common idiom better explains the rise of the other reading.

[3:15]  ¹² tn Or “sanctify Christ as Lord.”

[3:15]  ¹³ tn Grk “the hope in you.”