1 Peter 3:14

World English Bible (2000)

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, 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 it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. 20 For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.
• Isa 8:12-13 : 12 "Don't say, 'A conspiracy!' concerning all about which this people say, 'A conspiracy!' neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized. 13 Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
• Isa 41:10-14 : 10 Don't you be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish. 12 You will seek them, and won't find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing. 13 For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Don't be afraid. I will help you.' 14 Don't be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you," says Yahweh, "and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
• Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
• Mark 10:29 : 29 Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,
• Luke 6:22-23 : 22 Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
• John 14:1 : 1 "Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
• John 14:27 : 27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
• 1 Pet 4:13-16 : 13 But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified. 15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters. 16 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
• 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
• Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."
• Acts 18:9-9 : 9 The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent; 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."
• 2 Cor 12:10 : 10 Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
• Phil 1:29 : 29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
• Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
• Luke 12:4-5 : 4 "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
• Matt 10:18-22 : 18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. 19 But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. 20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. 21 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
• Matt 10:31 : 31 Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
• Matt 10:39 : 39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
• Matt 16:25 : 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
• Matt 19:29 : 29 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
• Mark 8:35 : 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
• Isa 51:12 : 12 "I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;
• Jer 1:8 : 8 Don't be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you," says Yahweh.
• Jer 15:15 : 15 Yahweh, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; don't take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
• Ezek 3:9 : 9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: don't be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.