1 Petrus 1:25

1:25 but the word of the Lord ¹  endures forever. ² 

And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

1 Petrus 2:15

2:15 For God wants you ³  to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

1 Petrus 3:4

3:4 but the inner person ⁴  of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

1 Petrus 3:20

3:20 after they were disobedient long ago ⁵  when God patiently waited ⁶  in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark ⁷  a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.

1 Petrus 3:22

3:22 who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God ⁸  with angels and authorities and powers subject to him. ⁹ 

1 Petrus 4:11

4:11 Whoever speaks, let it be with ¹⁰  God’s words. ¹¹  Whoever serves, do so with the strength ¹²  that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong ¹³  the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

[1:25]  ¹ sn The word of the Lord is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου (rJhma tou kuriou; here and in Luke 22:61, Acts 11:16) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου (logo" tou kuriou; Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:10, 20; 1 Thess 1:8, 4:15; 2 Thess 3:1). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said.

[1:25]  ² sn A quotation from Isa 40:6, 8.

[2:15]  ³ tn Grk “because thus it is God’s will.”

[3:4]  ⁴ 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.

[3:20]  ⁵ tn This reflects a Greek participle, literally “having been disobedient formerly,” that refers to the “spirits” in v. 19. Many translations take this as adjectival describing the spirits (“who had once been disobedient”; cf. NASB, NIV, NKJV, NLT, NRSV, TEV), but the grammatical construction strongly favors an adverbial interpretation describing the time of the preaching, as reflected above.

[3:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “the patience of God waited.”

[3:20]  ⁷ tn Grk “in which,” referring to the ark; the referent (the ark) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[3:22]  ⁸ tn Grk “who is at the right hand…having gone into heaven.”

[3:22]  ⁹ tn Grk “angels…having been subjected to him.”

[4:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “if anyone speaks – as God’s words.”

[4:11]  ¹¹ tn Or “oracles.”

[4:11]  ¹² tn Grk “if anyone serves – with strength…”

[4:11]  ¹³ tn Grk “is/are.”