1st Peter Chapter 3 verse 10 Holy Bible
For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:
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For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:
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For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.
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For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
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For, "He who would love life, And see good days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.
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for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - For he that will love life; literally, he that willeth to love life. St. Peter deviates somewhat from the Septuagint Version of Psalm 34:12-16, which he is quoting. The literal rendering of it is, "What man is he that desireth life, loving good days?" His connection of the participle θέλων with ἀγαπᾶν is remarkable. Perhaps the meaning is best given by Bengel, "Qui vult ita vivere, nt ipsum non taedeat vitro" - " Who wishes to live so that he will not weary of life;" so that he may love it, so that he may have a life really worth living. There is a love of life which can only lead to the loss of the true life (John 12:25). St. Peter is teaching us to love life wisely, not with that selfish love which Christ condemns. And see good days. Not necessarily in outward prosperity, but in the favor of God; days of suffering may be good days in the truest souse. Let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. We have here the usual parallelism of Hebrew poetry. The word "refrain" (παυσάτω, literally, "let him make it cease") implies a natural tendency to sins against charity.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) For.--St. Peter will show that he is not going beyond his book when he says that the blessing is only to be obtained by those who bless.He that will love life.--The "will" here is not merely the future tense, but "he that hath a mind to love life." St. Peter's quotation, from Psalm 34:12-16, is not exact, according to either Septuagint or Hebrew, but the divergence is probably not due to a confusion of memory, but (as often) designed to bring out an additional significance. The Psalmist had asked merely, "What man is he that lusteth to live?" and he promises merely long life to self-restraint. The Apostle asks, Who cares to have a life worth having, a life which makes a man glad to live? This is the "blessing" spoken of in 1Peter 3:9--not simply everlasting life, but a life of unruffled happiness. (Comp. Psalm 133:3.) This healthy enjoyment of life, the opposite of a morbid craving for death (see Ecclesiastes 2:17), is implied to be competent for any person to attain who "wills.""Serene will be our days, and bright,And happy will our nature be, . . .
