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1 Peter 3:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
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Role in This Section
This verse begins the Psalm 34 support by linking love of life and good days with restraint of harmful speech and deceit.
Read It With
- 1 Peter 3:8–12
Read 1 Peter 3:10 with 3:8–12. This verse begins the Psalm 34 support by linking love of life and good days with restraint of harmful speech and deceit. The complete unit establishes this movement: Everyone is called to shared purpose, sympathy, family love, tenderheartedness, humility, and blessing instead of retaliation; Psalm 34 grounds truthful speech, turning from evil, pursuit of peace, and confidence that God sees and hears.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Peter 3:8–12 — The Whole Community Answers Harm with Blessing and PeaceSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Peter 3:8–12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, repeated terms, and original-language discussion.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file 1Pet.txt, 3:8–12
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