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Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

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or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

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For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

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as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

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Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

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Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

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For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.

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For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.

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For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

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who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."Isaiah 53:9

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Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

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He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

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For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

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seeing your pure behavior in fear.

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Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

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but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

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For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

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You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

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Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

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not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

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For,"He who would love life,and see good days,let him keep his tongue from evil,and his lips from speaking deceit.

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Let him turn away from evil, and do good.Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

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For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,and his ears open to their prayer;but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."Psalm 34:12-16

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Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?

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But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."Isaiah 8:12

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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

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having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

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For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.

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Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

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in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,

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who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

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This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you-not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

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Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

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that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

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For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

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They think it is strange that you don't run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:

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who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

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For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

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But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

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And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

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Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

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As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

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If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.