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1 Peter 3 — Sermon Preparation
Instructions on marriage, the blessing of suffering for righteousness, and Christ's death, resurrection, and authority over all powers form the chapter's core. Below is a research summary for 1 Peter 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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1 Peter 3 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἀγαθός | agathós | G18 | 6 | benefit, good, well |
| κακός | kakós | G2556 | 5 | bad, evil, harm, ill |
| ἀναστροφή | anastrophḗ | G391 | 3 | conversation |
| ὑποτάσσω | hypotássō | G5293 | 3 | be under obedience, put under, subdue unto, subject |
| φόβος | phóbos | G5401 | 3 | be afraid, exceedingly, fear, terror |
| λοιδορία | loidoría | G3059 | 2 | railing, reproach |
| ἀγαθοποιέω | agathopoiéō | G15 | 2 | do good |
How preachers through history handled this text
39 public-domain excerpts on 1 Peter 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We sanctify God before others, when our conduct invites and encourages them to glorify and honour him. What was the ground and reason of their hope? We should be able to defend our religion with meekness, in the fear of God. There is no room for any other fears where this great fear is; it disturbs not. The conscience is good, when it does its office well. That person is in a sad condition on whom sin and suffering meet: sin makes suffering extreme, comfortless, and destructive. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Peter 3:14–25 (Public Domain)
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