1st Peter 3:10
For he that will love life, and see good days, constrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak not guile or that they speak no guile.This verse in the real world
In what words
- χεῖλοςcheîlosa lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water)
- δόλοςdóloscompare G1185 (δελεάζω)); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile
- παύωpaúōto stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
- κακόςkakósworthless (intrinsically, such; whereas G4190 (πονηρός) properly refers to effects), i.e.
- γλῶσσαglōssathe tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
- ἀγαθόςagathós"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
- ζωήzōḗlife (literally or figuratively)
- ἀγαπάωagapáōto love (in a social or moral sense)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 34:12–16, Jas 1:26, 1Pe 2:22, 1Pe 2:1, Rev 14:5, Jhn 1:47, Jas 3:1–10, Jhn 12:25