Monthly Archives: August 2024

Christ also suffered

20240811 Christ also suffered 1 Peter 3:17-18a (JDV) 1 Peter 3:17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will than for doing evil.1 Peter 3:18a For Christ also suffered for sins once for … Continue reading

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don’t miss mistreatment

20240810 don’t miss mistreatment 1 Peter 3:13-16 (JDV) 1 Peter 3:13 Who then should mistreat you if you are devoted to what is good?1 Peter 3:14 But even if you might suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear … Continue reading

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selfish submission

20240809 selfish submission 1 Peter 3:10-12 (JDV) 1 Peter 3:10 You see, the one who wants to care about life and to see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,1 Peter 3:11 … Continue reading

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give as you will be given

20240808 give as you will be given 1 Peter 3:8-9 (JDV) 1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you be harmonious and sympathetic, love one another, and be compassionate and humble,1 Peter 3:9 not paying back evil for evil or insult … Continue reading

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husbands, honor your wives

20240807 husbands, honor your wives 1 Peter 3:7 (JDV) 1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, likewise, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker container, showing them due honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that … Continue reading

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wives, submit yourselves

20240806 wives, submit yourselves 1 Peter 3:1-6 (JDV) 1 Peter 3:1 In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the word, they may be won without a word by the way … Continue reading

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called to submit

20240805 called to submit 1 Peter 2:21-25 (JDV) 1 Peter 2:21 For you have been called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.1 Peter 2:22 He did not … Continue reading

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the witness of house slaves

20240804 the witness of house slaves 1 Peter 2:18-20 (JDV) 1 Peter 2:18 House slaves, submit to your masters with all reverence not only to the good and gentle ones but also to the cruel.1 Peter 2:19 Because it brings … Continue reading

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submit as free people

20240803 submit as free people 1 Peter 2:13-17 (JDV) 1 Peter 2:13 Submit to every human creature because of the Lord, whether to the king as the superior1 Peter 2:14 or to governors as those sent out by him to … Continue reading

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good behavior

20240802 good behavior 1 Peter 2:11-12 (JDV) 1 Peter 2:11 Cherished ones, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from longings of the flesh that wage war against the throat.1 Peter 2:12 Behave yourselves well among the Gentiles … Continue reading

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