1 Peter 3:9 (GNV)

Passage

Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

Nearby Context

1 Peter 3:7 Likewise ye husbands, dwel with them as men of knowledge, giuing honour vnto the woman, as vnto the weaker vessell, euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted.

1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be ye all of one minde: one suffer with another: loue as brethren: bee pitifull: bee courteous,

1 Peter 3:9 Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

1 Peter 3:10 For if any man long after life, and to see good dayes, let him refraine his tongue from euill, and his lippes that they speake no guile.

1 Peter 3:11 Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and follow after it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "rendring", "euil", "euill", "neither", "rebuke", "contrarywise", and "blesse". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "rendring", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Finally be ye all of one minde..." into verse 10's "For if any man long after life...", so "called" and "rendring" belong inside that flow. In 1 Peter context, the local focus is hope in suffering, holy conduct, submission, and grace.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "rendring" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.