1 Peter 2:10
Context2:10 You 1 once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, 2 but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 3:4
Context3:4 but the inner person 3 of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
1 Peter 4:10
Context4:10 Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another 4 as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
1 tn Grk “who,” continuing the description of the readers from vs. 9. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
2 sn The quotations in v. 10 are from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23.
3 tn Grk “the hidden man.” KJV’s “the hidden man of the heart,” referring to a wife, could be seriously misunderstood by the modern English reader.
4 tn Grk “serving it to one another.” The primary verb is a participle but it continues the sense of command from v. 7.