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1 Peter 2:23 — King James Version← Study notes

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:


1 Peter 2:23Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Peter 2:2312 words
GreekMeaning
ὃςhos
Whorelative pronounG3739
λοιδορούμενοςloidoroumenos
being reviledverbG3058
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἀντελοιδόρειanteloidorei
was not reviling backverbG486
πάσχωνpaschōn
sufferingverbG3958
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἠπείλειēpeilei
was threateningverbG546
παρεδίδουparedidou
He was delivering HimselfverbG3860
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
τῷ
to the OnearticleG3588
κρίνοντιkrinonti
judgingverbG2919
δικαίωςdikaiōs
justlyadverbG1346
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Peter 2:23

Let us then continually persevere in our hope, and the earnest of our righteousness, which is Jesus Christ, who bore our sins in His own body on the tree, 1 Peter 2:24 who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth, 1 Peter 2:22 but endured all things for us, that we might live in Him. 1 John 4:9 Let us then be imitators of His patience; and if we suffer Acts 5:41; 1 Peter 4:16 for His name's sake, let us glorify Him. For He has set us this example 1 Peter 2:21 in…

Polycarp · 2nd century · Epistle to the Philippians, 8

But if we also, beloved brethren, are in Christ; if we put Him on, if He is the way of our salvation, who follow Christ in the footsteps of salvation, let us walk by the example of Christ, as the Apostle John instructs us, saying, He who says he abides in Christ, ought himself also to walk even as He walked. 1 John 2:6 Peter also, upon whom by the Lord's condescension the Church was founded, Matthew 16:18 lays it down in his epistle, and says, Christ suffered for us, leaving…

Cyprian · 3rd century · On the Advantage of Patience, 9
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Sarah KoenigNote3mo ago
Understanding grace - 1 Peter 2
It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers. God meets us exactly where we are - broken, uncertain, yet chosen. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss....
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