eschew. turn away (Greek. ekklino. See Romans 3:12) from (1 Peter 3:10).
ensue. pursue.
Let him eschew evil - Let him avoid all evil. Compare Job 1:1 . And do good - In any and every way; by endeavoring to promote the happiness...
This short and simple section deals with the wider relations of the Christian disciple to his fellow-disciples and to the world. It is an expansion o...
11 Let him seek peace It is not enough to embrace it when offered to us, but it ought to be followed when it seems to flee from us. It also...
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. In A B C, Vulgate х de ( G1161 )], 'Moreover (besides his words, in ac...
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Eschew] RV 'turn away from.' Ensue] RV 'pursue.'
Let him eschew evil. — Literally swerve out of the way from evil. The two former clauses dealt with the domain of word ; these two with the doma...
Chapter 10 THEY WHO BLESS ARE BLESSED 1 Peter 3:8-16 THE Apostle now ceases from his special admonitions, and enforces generally such qualitie...
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Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation...
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Let him eschew evil ,.... Avoid all kinds of evil, hate it, abstain from the appearance of it, and have no fellowship with it; and particularly shou...
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. Ver. 11. Seek peace and ensue it ] A contentious man never lacks woe. Ut hab...
He that will love life That would make life amiable and desirable; and see good days Namely, such as are prosperous and happy; let him refrain h...
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Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him not only in general avoid all sin, and exercise himself in all well-doing, (as the prophet's meaning, cit...
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‘For, “He who would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile, And let him turn...
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1 Peter 3:11 The character of the man to whom these words are addressed is a very singular one. "He that will love life," or, more accurately, "He...
1 Peter 3:1-2 . Likewise, ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by...
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Expositions 1 Peter 3:1 Likewise, ye wives. St. Peter has spoken of the duties of servants: why does he omit those of masters? There mus...
Exhortations to Christians in General, Based on Christ's Work of Redemption and His State of Exaltation. True brotherly love:
let him eschew evil and do good; let him seek peace and ensue it.
1 Timothy 6:18 ; 3 John 1:11 ; Colossians 3:15 ; Galatians 5:22 ; Galatians 6:10 ; Hebrews 12:14 ; Hebrews 13:16 ; Isaiah 1:16 ; Isaiah 1:17...
Let him seek — To live peaceably with all men. And pursue it — Even when it seems to flee from him.
11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.