Today you saw the word "eschew" in 1 Peter 3:8-11. The dictionary definition for "eschew" is to "keep away, or to avoid, or abstain." Peter's exhortation in this passage is worth daily applying it to our lives.
"Finally, be all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be merciful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that you are called to do this in order to inherit a blessing. For he who will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile. Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it (1 Peter 3:8-11)."
Peter became a changed man after he received the baptism in the Holy Spirit. He had been a man who always got in trouble with his tongue, and he lacked self-control. The Holy Spirit was able to tame and train Peter's tongue after Pentecost. May we daily submit out tongues to the power of the Holy Spirit.
1 Peter 3:8-11
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