For (γαρ). Reason for the entire exhortation in verses 8,9 and introducing in verses 10-12 a quotation from Ps 34:13-17 with some …

For he that will love life. Or, "He willing, (yelwn,) or that wills to love life." It implies that there is some positiv…

For.—St. Peter will show that he is not going beyond what is written when he says that the ble ing is only to be obtained by those…

Not only no lies, but no guile, no deceit, no shuffling. Say to a man's face all that you say behind his back.

You will soon be in trouble i…

Peter now reinforces his teaching of non-retaliation by going to Ps 34:12– 16, which he has already alluded to in 2:3. In the psalm, the “life” and…

For he. He confirms the last sentence by the testimony of David. The passage is taken from the thirty-fourth Psalm ([Reference Psalms 34:1…

For he that will love life
This, with what follows here and in the two next verses, are taken out of ([Reference Psa…

Although Christians cannot always be of the exact same mind, they should still have compa ion for one another and love as brothers and sisters. If …