1 Peter
1 Peter 3:13–14
13Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”b
Footnotes
- b 3:14 Or “Do not fear their threats; do not be shaken.”Isaiah 8:12|ISA 8:12
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
1 Peter 3:13
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who | τίς | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| can harm | κακώσων | kakōsōn | Verb - Future Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2559 I treat badly |
| you | ὑμᾶς | hymas | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| if | ἐὰν | ean | Conjunction | G1437 if |
| you are | γένησθε | genēsthe | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 2nd Person Plural | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| zealous | ζηλωταὶ | zēlōtai | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G2207 a zealot |
| for what | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| good | ἀγαθοῦ | agathou | Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular | G18 good |
1 Peter 3:14
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But | Ἀλλ’ | All’ | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| even | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| if | εἰ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| you should suffer | πάσχοιτε | paschoite | Verb - Present Optative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G3958 I am acted upon, suffer |
| for | διὰ | dia | Preposition | G1223 through, on account of |
| what is right | δικαιοσύνην | dikaiosynēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1343 justice, justness, righteousness |
| blessed | μακάριοι | makarioi | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3107 happy, blessed |
| Do not fear | φοβηθῆτε | phobēthēte | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Plural | G5399 I fear, am terrified |
| what | αὐτῶν | autōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| they fear | φόβον | phobon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5401 fear, terror, reverence |
| do not be shaken | ταραχθῆτε | tarachthēte | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Plural | G5015 I agitate, stir up, trouble |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Peter 3:13 Proverbs 16:7 · Romans 8:28 · 1 Thessalonians 5:15 · 3 John 1:11 · Psalm 38:20 · Romans 13:3 · Proverbs 15:9 · Ephesians 5:1 · 1 Corinthians 14:1 · 1 Timothy 5:10
1 Peter 3:14 Matthew 10:28 · 1 Peter 2:19–20 · Matthew 5:10–12 · Isaiah 41:10–14 · Isaiah 8:12–13 · 1 Peter 4:13–16 · 2 Corinthians 12:10 · James 1:12 · Luke 6:22–23 · Luke 12:4–5 · John 14:1 · Matthew 16:25
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.