1 Peter 3:8

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

a. NLT: Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous, [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

d. Classic Amplified: Finally, all [of you] should be of one and the same mind (united in spirit), sympathizing [with one another], loving [each other] as brethren [of one household], compassionate and courteous (tenderhearted and humble). [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

1. “Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another…”

a. [Strong: 3588. [To] ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.] [Thayer: [To] ὁ, ἡ, τό, originally τος, τῇ, τό (as is evident from the forms τοι, ται for οἱ, αἱ in Homer and the Ionic writings), corresponds to our definite article the (German der, die, das), which is properly a demonstrative pronoun, which we see in its full force in Homer, and of which we find certain indubitable traces also in all kinds of Greek prose, and hence also in the N. T.]

b. Finally [Strong: 1161. de deh a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).]

c. [Strong: 5056. telos tel'-os from a primary tello (to set out for a definite point or goal); properly, the point aimed at as a limit, i.e. (by implication) the conclusion of an act or state (termination (literally, figuratively or indefinitely), result (immediate, ultimate or prophetic), purpose); specially, an impost or levy (as paid):--+ continual, custom, end(-ing), finally, uttermost.

d. [be ye] all [Strong: 3956. pas pas including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.]

e. [of] one mind [Strong: 3675. homophron hom-of'-rone from the base of 3674 and 5424; like-minded, i.e. harmonious:--of one mind.]

f. [having] compassion [one of another] [Strong: 4835. sumpathes soom-path-ace' from 4841; having a fellow-feeling ("sympathetic"), i.e. (by implication) mutually commiserative:--having compassion one of another.]

2. “...love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:”

a. love as brethren [Strong: 5361. philadelphos fil-ad'-el-fos from 5384 and 80; fond of brethren, i.e. fraternal:--love as brethren.]

b. [be] pitiful [Strong: 2155. eusplagchnos yoo'-splangkh-nos from 2095 and 4698; well compassioned, i.e. sympathetic:--pitiful, tender-hearted.]

c. [be] courteous [Strong: 5391. philophron fil-of'-rone from 5384 and 5424; friendly of mind, i.e. kind:--courteous.]