Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 1 Peter 3:8

"Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:" — 1 Peter 3:8 (ASV)

Peter brings his treatment of the duties of Christians, considered in various groupings, to a close with general practical advice for the whole community. Here he gives several imperatives for Christians’ getting along together. The five virtues in v.8 have many illustrations in the life of Jesus and parallels in the other letters. They are normative qualities every person united to Christ should manifest. On “harmony,” see Ro 12:16; Php 1:27; 2:2; on “be sympathetic,” see Ro 12:15; 1 Corinthians 12:26; on “love as brothers,” see 1 Thessalonians 4:9–10; for “be compassionate,” see Christ’s example in Mt 11:29; and concerning “humble,” see Christ’s example as set forth in Php 2:5–11.