1 Peter 3:8

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Finally	τέλος telos	G5056	properly · noun — accusative singular neuter
all	πάντες pantes	G3956	all · adjective — vocative plural masculine
mind	ὁμόφρονες, homophrones	G3675	like-minded · adjective — nominative plural masculine
another	συμπαθεῖς, sumpatheis	G4835	having a fellow-feeling ("sympathetic") · adjective — nominative plural masculine
brethren	φιλάδελφοι, philadelphoi	G5361	fond of brethren · adjective — nominative plural masculine
pitiful	εὔσπλαγχνοι, eusplagchnoi	G2155	well compassioned · adjective — nominative plural masculine
courteous	φιλόφρων philóphrōn	G5391	friendly of mind

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Ephesians 4:31-5:2 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another…
Philippians 4:8-9 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoe…
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without pa…
Zechariah 7:9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
Ephesians 4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:8-15

The apostle here passes from special to more general exhortations. I. He teaches us how Christians and friends should treat one another. He advises Christians to be all of one mind, to be unanimous in the belief of the same faith, and the practice of the same duties of religion; and, whereas the Christians at that time were many of them in a suffering condition, he charges them to have compassion one of another, to love as brethren, to pity those who were in distress, and to be courteous to all. Hence learn, 1. Christians should endeavour to be all of one mind in the great points of faith, in real affection, and in Christian practice; they should be like-minded one to another, according to C…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 3:8

General summary of relative duty, after having detailed particular duties from Pe1 2:18. of one mind--as to the faith. having compassion one of another--Greek, "sympathizing" in the joy and sorrow of others. love as brethren--Greek, "loving the brethren." pitiful--towards the afflicted. courteous--genuine Christian politeness; not the tinsel of the world's politeness; stamped with unfeigned love on one side, and humility on the other. But the oldest manuscripts read, "humble-minded." It is slightly different from "humble," in that it marks a conscious effort to be truly humble.

Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 3:8

Be ye all of one mind - Unity, both in the family and in the Church, being essentially necessary to peace and salvation. See on Rom 12:16 (note); Rom 15:5 (note). Having compassion - Συμπαθεις· Being sympathetic; feeling for each other; bearing each other's burdens. Love as brethren - Φιλαδελφοι· Be lovers of the brethren. Pitiful - Ευσπλαγχνοι· Tender-hearted; let your bowels yearn over the distressed and afflicted. Courteous - Φιλοφρονες· Be friendly-minded; acquire and cultivate a friendly disposition. But instead of this word, ταπεινοφρονες, be humble-minded, is the reading of ABC, more than twenty others, with the Syriac, Arabic of Erpen, Coptic, Armenian, Slavonic, and some of the fath…

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The Church Fathers

Here Peter moves on from husband and wife and sets out the law of love for everyone. Every virtue is based on it—compassion, mercy, humility, and so on.
— Andreas of Caesarea, CATENA

Peter, as the head of the church, calls everyone to unite in harmony, whether they are secular rulers and peasants, princes of the church and monks, or husbands and wives. The same basic principles apply to them all.
— Hilary of Arles, INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

But all of you in faith be of one mind, sympathetic. As above he taught with appropriate discretion the various persons, conditions, and sexes, now he admonishes all in common in the cause of the Lord's faith, to have one heart and one soul.
— Bede, Commentary on the Catholic Epistles

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Fellowship · 1:10;10:16,17;12:13;16:19,20; — 1:10;10:16,17;12:13;16:19,20;
Fraternity · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Kindness · 3:12,14; — 3:12,14;
Manners · Courteousness enjoined — Courteousness enjoined
Righteousness · 2:17;7:10,11;9:10;10:5;13:5; — 2:17;7:10,11;9:10;10:5;13:5;
Sympathy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Unity · OF THE RIGHTEOUS — OF THE RIGHTEOUS

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Peter 3:8

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:8-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 3:8

Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 3:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Peter 3:8

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:8-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 3:8

Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 3:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Peter 3:8

John Calvin on 1 Peter 3:8-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Peter 3:8-12