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1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses the entire community of scattered believers after a sequence of household-role instructions (wives in 3:1–2, husbands in 3:7) and before the prohibition against repaying evil with evil (3:9). It functions as a communal summary exhortation, binding the preceding and following instructions into one disposition.
The words — ὁμόφρονες (homophrones, "single-minded") is a rare compound of homo (same) + phron (mind), denoting not mere agreement but a shared orientation of thought. εὐσπλαγχνόι (eusplagchnoi, "tender-hearted") draws on splanchna (entrails, inner organs), the Greek seat of compassion, making the call viscerally specific rather than abstractly kind.
The thread — 1 Peter 1:22 grounds "genuine love for brothers" in the purified soul; Romans 12:10 demands outdoing one another in honor; Ephesians 4:31 names the vices (bitterness, malice) that this verse's virtues oppose.
Why it lands — The verse addresses "all of you" without distinguishing role or status, so it asks every reader to adopt a shared inner disposition—same mind, shared feeling, brotherly love, compassion, humility—rather than merely performing outward duties.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Cross-references
- Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
- Ephesians 4:31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
- James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
- Zechariah 7:9 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
- Ephesians 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
- Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- 1 Corinthians 12:26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
- 1 John 3:18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.