1 Peter 3:11
New International Version
They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.

New Living Translation
Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.

English Standard Version
let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

Berean Standard Bible
He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

Berean Literal Bible
Also let him turn away from evil, and let him do good. Let him seek peace and let him pursue it.

King James Bible
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

New King James Version
Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.

New American Standard Bible
“HE MUST TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; HE MUST SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT.

NASB 1995
“HE MUST TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; HE MUST SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT.

NASB 1977
“AND LET HIM TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; LET HIM SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT.

Legacy Standard Bible
HE MUST TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; HE MUST SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT.

Amplified Bible
“HE MUST TURN AWAY FROM WICKEDNESS AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT. HE MUST SEARCH FOR PEACE [with God, with self, with others] AND PURSUE IT EAGERLY [actively—not merely desiring it].

Christian Standard Bible
and let him turn away from evil and do what is good. Let him seek peace and pursue it,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and he must turn away from evil and do what is good. He must seek peace and pursue it,

American Standard Version
And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Let him move away from wickedness and let him do good; let him seek peace and run after it.

Contemporary English Version
Give up your evil ways and do right, as you find and follow the road to peace.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let him decline from evil, and do good: let him seek after peace and pursue it:

English Revised Version
And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They must turn away from evil and do good. They must seek peace and pursue it.

Good News Translation
You must turn away from evil and do good; you must strive for peace with all your heart.

International Standard Version
He must turn away from evil and do good. He must seek peace and pursue it.

Literal Standard Version
let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

Majority Standard Bible
He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

New American Bible
must turn from evil and do good, seek peace and follow after it.

NET Bible
And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

New Revised Standard Version
let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it.

New Heart English Bible
Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let him shun evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it.

Weymouth New Testament
Let him turn from evil, and do good; Let him inquire for peace and go in pursuit of it.

World English Bible
Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

Young's Literal Translation
let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Turning from Evil
10For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. 11 He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. 12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”…

Cross References
Psalm 34:14
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."


Treasury of Scripture

Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

eschew.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 2:3
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

do.

Psalm 125:4
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

Matthew 5:45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Mark 14:7
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

seek.

Psalm 120:6,7
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace…

Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Luke 1:79
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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1. He teaches the duty of wives and husbands to each other;
8. exhorting all men to unity and love;
14. and to suffer persecution.
19. He declares also the benefits of Christ toward the old world.














(11) 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 domain of action. It suits St. Peter's intention better to take the verse, not as an exhortation to virtue in general, but as an instruction how to behave under provocation and in danger. The "good" which the man is to do is what is kind, not merely what is virtuous; and so, by contrast, the "evil" to be eschewed probably means chiefly what is malicious.

Seek peace, and ensue it.--"As much as in you lieth," says St. Paul, "live peaceably with all men." It is to be a matter of diligent search; and if it seems to flee away it is to be "ensued"--i.e., pursued. The active practical measures here prescribed confirm the surmise that "blessing" in 1Peter 3:8 covered more ground than benedictory prayers.

Verse 11. - Let him eschew evil, and do good; literally, let him turn away from evil. Let him seek peace, and ensue it. Let him seek it as a hidden treasure, and pursue it as if it might escape from him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
He must turn away
ἐκκλινάτω (ekklinatō)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1578: From ek and klino; to deviate, i.e. to shun, or to decline.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

evil
κακοῦ (kakou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2556: Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

do
ποιησάτω (poiēsatō)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

good;
ἀγαθόν (agathon)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 18: A primary word; 'good'.

he must seek
ζητησάτω (zētēsatō)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

peace
εἰρήνην (eirēnēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1515: Probably from a primary verb eiro; peace; by implication, prosperity.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

pursue
διωξάτω (diōxatō)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1377: To pursue, hence: I persecute. A prolonged form of a primary verb dio; to pursue; by implication, to persecute.

it.
αὐτήν (autēn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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