1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

KJV · King James Version

not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

WEB · World English Bible

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

ASV · American Standard Version

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Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

rendering: 1 Peter 2:20–23; Proverbs 17:13; Proverbs 20:22; Matthew 5:39, 44; Luke 6:27–29; Romans 12:14, 17, 19–21; 1 Corinthians 4:12, 13; Ephesians 4:32; 1 Thessalonians 5:15
called: 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 5:10; Romans 8:28, 30
that: Matthew 19:29; Matthew 25:34; Mark 10:17; Luke 10:25; Luke 18:18