1 Peter 3:13

3:13 For 1  who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

1 Peter 4:18

4:18 And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of 2  the ungodly and sinners? 3 

1 Peter 5:6

5:6 And God will exalt you in due time, 4  if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand 5 

1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “For” to indicate that what follows gives an explanation.

2 tn Grk “where will he appear.”

3 tn The personal references in v. 18 are generic singulars, but they have been changed to the plural in English to maintain consistency with the plurals of v. 17.

sn A quotation from Prov 11:31 (LXX).

4 tn Grk “in time,” but connoting “the proper time, when the time is right” as in Matt 24:45; Luke 12:42.

5 tn Grk “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that in due time he may exalt you.” The sentence was rearranged so that the English reader could more clearly see the connection between “casting” (v. 7) and “humble” (v. 6).