1 Pet 389 1 Introduction 2 In 1 Pet 3 Peter talks to wives and husbands in verses 17 In 1 Pet 2 he addresses servants The word finally in 38 leads to the conclusion of the special addresses to the various groups he had mentioned ID: 684110
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Duties of Christians To Each Other
1 Pet. 3:8-9
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Introduction
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In 1 Pet. 3 Peter talks to wives and husbands in verses 1-7
In 1 Pet. 2 he addresses servants
The word “finally” in 3:8 leads to the conclusion of the special addresses to the various groups he had mentionedSlide3
Introduction
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This final section of chapter 3 includes exhortations to Christians in their relations with othersSlide4
1. “Be Ye All Of One Mind”
This means we are to be likeminded
– unity of mind and purpose
“Agreement in all major details of the Christian life
”
G.N
. Woods
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Jn. 17:20-21
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their
word; That
they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
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Acts 4:32
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
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2. “Having Compassion One Of Another”
Compassion
= Sorrow or pity brought about by the distresses or misfortunes of another; sympathy
The Godhead is filled with compassion
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Mt. 9:36
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
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Mt. 20:34
So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
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2. “Having Compassion One Of Another”
As Christians we must have compassion
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Rom. 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
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1 Cor. 12:25-26
That there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
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Heb. 10:34
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
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3. “Love As Brethren”
Christians have the same Father and this makes us brothers and sisters in the same
family
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Rom. 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation (hypocrisy)
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
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1 Pet. 1:22-23
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart
fervently: Being
born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth
and
abideth
for ever.
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1 Jn. 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
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4. “Be Pitiful”
“tenderhearted”
It is an attitude which is shown by pity and affection
It is a quality of the new man in Christ
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Eph. 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
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5. “Be Courteous”
“Lowly in mind”
(Vine’s Dict.)
The idea is “humble minded”
It is the opposite of arrogance and pride
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Rom. 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
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Phil. 2:3
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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6. “Not Rendering Evil For Evil…”
We must refrain from revenge – in what we say to and about others and how we treat them
“The Christian is not to give evil back for evil”
“Railing”
= abuse; reviling
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1 Pet. 2:21-23
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps
:
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
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Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that
judgeth
righteously:
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1 Th. 5:15
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men
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6. “Not Rendering Evil For Evil…”
Christians must continue to give blessings to those who do evil against us
“As Christians we are a bountifully blessed people and must be a people who blesses others” Robert R.
Taylor
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References
Taken FORTY OUTLINES ON 1 AND 2 PETER, by James Meadows
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