1 Peter Quotes: Sources, Meanings & Themes
Browse quotations represented under 1 Peter with named sources, context notes, meanings and recurring themes.
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“Having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous.”
Meaning & context
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
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1 Peter 3:8 in the King James Version.
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“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another.”
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The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
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1 Peter 4:10 in the King James Version.
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“Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
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The verse connects enduring love with the ability of a community to survive faults without letting every offence become the whole relationship.
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1 Peter 4:8 in the King James Version; excerpt from the instruction to maintain fervent charity among one another.
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“Use hospitality one to another without grudging.”
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Hospitality is treated as meaningful only when it is given without resentment, tying helpful action to the spirit in which it is offered.
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1 Peter 4:9 in the King James Version, among instructions about love, hospitality, and using one’s gifts for others.
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“Be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”
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Humility is described as something practiced visibly in community, not merely an inward opinion about oneself.
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1 Peter 5:5 in the King James Version; this excerpt keeps the central humility clause.
