Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
1 Peter 3:11 (New Living Translation)
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When checking various translations I was fascinated with the words chosen by each translator and the value God places on maintainig a peaceful life:
Seek ~ Pursue ~ Look ~ Work ~ Run ~ Chase ~ Strive ~ Follow ~ Search ~ Desire
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Seek peace and pursue it.
1 Peter 3:11 (Today’s New International Version)
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Look for peace and work for it.
1 Peter 3:11 (New Century Version)
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Run after peace for all you’re worth.
1 Peter 3:11 (The Message)
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Strive for peace with all your heart.
1 Peter 3:11 (Good News Translation)
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Look for peace, and do all you can to help people live peacefully.
1 Peter 3:11 (Easy-to-Read Version)
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Follow the road that leads to peace.
1 Peter 3:11 (Contemporary English Version)
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Seek peace and chase after it.
1 Peter 3:11 (Common English Bible)
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Search for peace (harmony; undisturbedness from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly. [Do not merely desire peaceful relations with God, with your fellowmen, and with yourself, but pursue, go after them!]
1 Peter 3:11 (Amplified Bible)