1 Peter 3:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλʼ εἰ καὶ πάσχοιτε διὰ δικαιοσύνην, μακάριοι: Τὸν δὲ φόβον αὐτῶν μὴ φοβηθῆτε, μηδὲ ταραχθῆτε·

Transliteration

But if also you-should-paschoite because-of dikaiosynēn, makarioi: The but phobon of-them not phobēthēte, neither be-tarachthēte;

Grammar Details

• *alla*: conjunction - but/yet/however
• *ei*: conditional conjunction - if
• *kai*: conjunction - also/even
• *paschoite*: present active optative, 2nd plural - you should suffer
• *dia*: preposition + accusative - because of/for the sake of
• *dikaiosynēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - righteousness/justice
• *makarioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - blessed/happy
• *phobon*: accusative, masculine, singular - fear/terror
• *autōn*: genitive, plural - of them/their
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *phobēthēte*: aorist passive subjunctive, 2nd plural - you should fear/be afraid
• *mēde*: negative conjunction - nor/neither/and not
• *tarachthēte*: aorist passive subjunctive, 2nd plural - you should be troubled/disturbed

Word Meanings

• *paschoite*: you should suffer/you should experience/you might endure
• *dikaiosynēn*: righteousness/justice/uprightness
• *makarioi*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *phobon*: fear/terror/dread
• *phobēthēte*: you should fear/you should be afraid of/you should dread
• *tarachthēte*: you should be troubled/you should be disturbed/you should be agitated

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 2:19-20 : 19 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.
• Isa 8:12-13 : 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all [them to] whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread.
• Isa 41:10-14 : 10 ¶ Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 ‹And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.›
• Matt 5:10-12 : 10 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.› 11 ‹Blessed are ye, when› [men] ‹shall revile you, and persecute› [you], ‹and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.› 12 ‹Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great› [is] ‹your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.›
• Mark 10:29 : 29 And Jesus answered and said, ‹Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,›
• Luke 6:22-23 : 22 ‹Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you› [from their company], ‹and shall reproach› [you], ‹and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.› 23 ‹Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward› [is] ‹great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.›
• John 14:1 : 1 ¶ ‹Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.›
• John 14:27 : 27 ‹Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.›
• 1 Pet 4:13-16 : 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. 16 Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
• 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
• Acts 9:16 : 16 ‹For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.›
• Acts 18:9-9 : 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, ‹Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:› 10 ‹For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.›
• 2 Cor 12:10 : 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• Phil 1:29 : 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
• Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
• Luke 12:4-5 : 4 ‹And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.› 5 ‹But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.›
• Matt 10:18-22 : 18 ‹And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.› 19 ‹But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.› 20 ‹For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.› 21 ‹And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against› [their] ‹parents, and cause them to be put to death.› 22 ‹And ye shall be hated of all› [men] ‹for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.›
• Matt 10:31 : 31 ‹Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.›
• Matt 10:39 : 39 ‹He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.›
• Matt 16:25 : 25 ‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.›
• Matt 19:29 : 29 ‹And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.›
• Mark 8:35 : 35 ‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.›
• Isa 51:12 : 12 I, [even] I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [which] shall be made [as] grass;
• Jer 1:8 : 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I [am] with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
• Jer 15:15 : 15 ¶ O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
• Ezek 3:9 : 9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they [be] a rebellious house.