1 Peter 3:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for {G3754} hereunto {G5124} were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μὴ ἀποδιδόντες κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ, ἢ λοιδορίαν ἀντὶ λοιδορίας: τοὐναντίον δὲ εὐλογοῦντες· εἰδότες ὅτι εἰς τοῦτο ἐκλήθητε, ἵνα εὐλογίαν κληρονομήσητε.

Transliteration

Not apodidontes kakon anti kakou, or loiodorian anti loidorias: tounantion but eulogountes; eidotes that for this you-were-eklēthēte, in-order-that eulogian you-may-klēronomēsēte.

Grammar Details

• *apodidontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - returning/repaying
• *kakon*: accusative, neuter, singular - evil/bad/wrong
• *anti*: preposition + genitive - instead of/in place of
• *kakou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of evil/bad/wrong
• *loidorian*: accusative, feminine, singular - insult/reviling/abuse
• *loidorias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of insult/reviling/abuse
• *tounantion*: adverb - on the contrary/instead
• *eulogountes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - blessing/speaking well of
• *eidotes*: perfect active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - knowing/having known
• *eklēthēte*: aorist passive indicative, 2nd plural - you were called
• *eulogian*: accusative, feminine, singular - blessing
• *klēronomēsēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - you might inherit/obtain

Word Meanings

• *apodidontes*: returning/repaying/giving back
• *kakon*: evil/bad/wrong/harm
• *loidorian*: insult/reviling/abuse/reproach
• *tounantion*: on the contrary/instead/opposite
• *eulogountes*: blessing/speaking well of/praising
• *eidotes*: knowing/having known/being aware
• *eklēthēte*: you were called/invited/summoned
• *eulogian*: blessing/benefit/praise
• *klēronomēsēte*: you might inherit/obtain/receive as an inheritance

Referenced Verses

• Rom 12:17 : 17 Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.
• Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.
• Prov 20:22 : 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
• Matt 5:39 : 39 but I say unto you, resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
• Rom 12:19-21 : 19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath [of God]: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. 20 But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
• 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward {G3956} all.
• Prov 17:13 : 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
• Matt 5:44 : 44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
• Luke 6:27-29 : 27 But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, 28 bless them that curse you, {G2532} pray for them that despitefully use you. 29 To him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.
• 1 Pet 2:20-23 : 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted [for it], ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21 For {G1519} hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps: 22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
• 1 Cor 4:12-13 : 12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
• Eph 4:32 : 32 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose.
• Rom 8:30 : 30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, {G2424} after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself {G5209} perfect, establish, strengthen you.
• Heb 6:14 : 14 saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.