1 Peter

1 Peter 3:10

¹⁰For,

“Whoever would love life

and see good days

must keep his tongue from evil

and his lips from deceitful speech.

Word by word

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
Whoever	Ὁ	Ho	Article - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
would	θέλων	thelōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2309 I will, wish, desire
love	ἀγαπᾶν	agapan	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G25 I love
life	ζωὴν	zōēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2222 life
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
see	ἰδεῖν	idein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G3708 I see, look upon, experience
good	ἀγαθὰς	agathas	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural	G18 good
days	ἡμέρας	hēmeras	Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural	G2250 a day
must keep	παυσάτω	pausatō	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G3973 I cause to cease
tongue	γλῶσσαν	glōssan	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1100 the tongue, a language, nation
from	ἀπὸ	apo	Preposition	G575 from, away from
evil	κακοῦ	kakou	Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular	G2556 bad, evil
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
lips	χείλη	cheilē	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G5491 a lip, mouth, shore
deceitful	δόλον	dolon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G1388 deceit, guile, treachery
speech	λαλῆσαι	lalēsai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G2980 I speak, say

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.