Let him turn away (εκκλινατω). First aorist active imperative third person singular of εκκλινω, where the LXX has εκκλινον (second…

Let him avoid evil. Let him avoid all evil. .

And do good. In any and every way; by endeavoring to promote the happine of …

Let him eschew evil.—Literally, swerve out of the way from evil. The two former clauses dealt with the domain of…

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…

Let him seek peace. It is not enough to embrace it when offered to us, but it should be followed when it seems to flee from us. It also of…

Let him eschew evil
Avoid all kinds of evil, hate it, abstain from the appearance of it, and have no fellowship with …

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 …