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8. τὸ δὲ τέλος, finally, an adverbial expression not used elsewhere in the N.T. St Paul generally uses λοιπόν or τὸ λοιπόν = all that remains to be said. The phrase does not imply that St Peter was intending to draw his Epistle to a close, but merely sums up the instructions given above about special social duties, by enumerating various aspects of practical ἀγάπη applicable to all alike (πάντες).
ὁμόφρονες, likeminded, only here in Biblical Greek, but ὁμοθυμαδόν is frequently used in Acts and τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν occurs in Rom 12:16; Rom 15:5; 2Co 13:11; Php 2:2; Php 4:2 and τὸ ἓν φρονεῖν in Php 2:2.
συμπαθεῖς, compassionate, sympathetic, the adjective here only in N.T., but the verb is used Heb 4:15; Heb 10:34.
φιλάδελφοι only here in the N.T. but cf. 1Pe 2:17; Rom 12:10; 1Th 4:9; Heb 13:1; 1Pe 1:22; 2Pe 1:7.
εὔσπλαγχνοι, tender-hearted, only here and Eph 4:32.
ταπεινόφρονες, humble-minded (only here in the N.T.), is used in Pro 29:23. ταπεινοφροσύνη is used 1Pe 5:5 also Act 20:19; Eph 4:2; Php 2:3; Col 3:12.