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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on 1Pet 3:13
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
1Pet 3:13 · Douay-Rheims
“And who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of good?”
On this verse:
“who . . . will harm you--This fearless confidence in God's protection from harm, Christ, the Head, in His sufferings realized; so His members. if ye be--Greek, "if ye have become." followers--The oldest manuscripts read "emulous," "zealous of" (Tit 2:14). good--The contrast in Greek is, "Who will do you evil, if ye be zealous of good?"”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.