1 Peter 3:9 meaning and explanation

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.

1 Peter 3:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Peter has just addressed wives and husbands in households where faith could divide a family, and now he turns to the whole congregation, many of them slaves and resident foreigners facing slander and hostility. The word he uses for "blessing" is eulogia, meaning good speech as well as good gifts.

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