最後に申します。あなたがたはみな、心を一つにし、同情し合い、兄弟愛を示し、あわれみ深く、謙遜でありなさい。
悪をもって悪に報いず、侮辱をもって侮辱に報いず、かえって祝福を与えなさい。あなたがたは祝福を受け継ぐために召されたのだからです。
「いのちを愛し、幸いな日々を過ごしたいと思う者は、舌を押さえて悪を言わず、くちびるを閉ざして偽りを語らず、悪から遠ざかって善を行い、平和を求めてこれを追い求めよ。
主の目は義人の上に注がれ、主の耳は彼らの祈りに傾けられる。しかし主の顔は、悪を行う者に立ち向かう。」 ペテロの手紙第一、3章8~12節
1 Peter 3:8-12
Called to Blessing
Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. For
“He who would love life
And see good days,
Let him refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit.
Let him turn away from evil and do good;
Let him seek peace and pursue it.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their prayers;
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”