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1 Peter 3:9-22 (MSG)

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⁹ That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No retaliation. No sharp-tongued sarcasm. Instead, bless--that's your job, to bless. You'll be a blessing and also get a blessing. ¹⁰ Whoever wants to embrace life and see the day fill up with good, Here's what you do: Say nothing evil or hurtful; ¹¹ Snub evil and cultivate good; run after peace for all you're worth. ¹² God looks on all this with approval, listening and responding well to what he's asked; But he turns his back on those who do evil things. ¹³ If with heart and soul you're doing good, do you think you can be stopped? ¹⁴ Even if you suffer for it, you're still better off. Don't give the opposition a second thought. ¹⁵ Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you're living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy. ¹⁶ Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They'll end up realizing that they're the ones who need a bath. ¹⁷ It's better to suffer for doing good, if that's what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad. ¹⁸ That's what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others' sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all--was put to death and then made alive--to bring us to God. ¹⁹ He went and proclaimed God's salvation to earlier generations who ended up in the prison of judgment ²⁰ because they wouldn't listen. You know, even though God waited patiently all the days that Noah built his ship, only a few were saved then, eight to be exact--saved from the water by the water. ²¹ The waters of baptism do that for you, not by washing away dirt from your skin but by presenting you through Jesus' resurrection before God with a clear conscience. ²² Jesus has the last word on everything and everyone, from angels to armies. He's standing right alongside God, and what he says goes.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 9) Anger / Fits of Rage / Bitterness - Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult
(v. 12) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Lord is against those who do evil
(v. 12) Enemies - Lord is against those who do evil
(v. 15) Evangelism - Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks with gentleness and respect
(v. 15) Gentleness - Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks with gentleness and respect
(v. 15) Respect - Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks with gentleness and respect
(v. 21) Baptism / Conversions - Baptism saves

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 9) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Forgiveness, part 2 (2008-05-02)
(v. 9) Take the Test (part 2) (2010-06-07)
(v. 14) Life to the Full - In His Steps (part 4) (2010-04-23)
(v. 15) Always Prepared (2015-05-27)
(v. 15) Followup - Bible Study Rewards (2011-01-12)
(v. 15) Followup - Balanced Rewards (2011-01-19)
(v. 15) Purpose Driven Life - Sharing Your Message (Testimony) (2008-07-12)
(v. 15) Take the test (part 3) (2010-06-08)
(v. 15) Desire's Journey - Hopeless without Desire (2010-05-28)
(v. 15) Life to the Full - In His Steps (part 4) (2010-04-23)
(v. 15) Followup - Evangelism Tact (2011-01-17)
(v. 16) Followup - Evangelism Tact (2011-01-17)
(v. 16) Purpose Driven Life - Sharing Your Message (Testimony) (2008-07-12)
(v. 18) Contagious Christian - Making the Message Clear (part III) (2010-11-18)
(v. 21) Baptism into Christ (part III) (2010-12-31)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
Noah (Noh-a): repose; consolation
Noah (Noh-a): that quavers or totters (Zelophehad's daughter)