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1 Peter 3:10

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

1 Peter 3:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Peter 3:10

Theological / Devotional

He that will. Literally, “he who wills to,” that is, desires to. This is the spirit that moves the great heart of God (see on John 3:16) and that will characterize His people (see on Matt. 25:40). The apostle here begins (1 Peter 3:10-12) a quotation from Ps. 34:12-16 (see comment there). Amid all the problems of life (see 1 Peter 2:12-20) the sincere believer will purpose to live a full, worth-while life, bringing blessing to others.

Love life. The Hebrew of Ps. 34:12, from which Peter quotes, reads literally, “find pleasure in life,” that is, this present life. See on Matt. 10:39.

See good days. That is, days that bring true satisfaction.

Refrain his tongue. How many friendships, how many promising careers, have been shattered by an ill-considered, impetuous word! Calvin Coolidge once observed, “I have never been hurt by anything I didn’t say.” He who finds it difficult to “refrain his tongue” may well make the prayer of Ps. 141:3 his own. For further comment see on Prov. 15:1, 28; 17:27,28; 18:21; 29:11; James 1:19, 26 ; 3:2-18.

Guile. See on ch. 2:1, 22.

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