Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 1 Peter 3:11, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
- Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
- Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
- Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
- Romans 14:19
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
- James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
- Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
- 3 John 1:11
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
- Romans 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
- 1 Timothy 6:18
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
- Hebrews 13:16
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
- Galatians 6:10
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
More to meet God in 1 Peter
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.