1 Peter 3 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ You married women, in the same way, must be submissive to your husbands, so that any who refuse to believe the message may be won over without argument through the behavior of their wives ² when they see how chaste and submissive you are. ³ You must not adopt the external attractions of arranging the hair and wearing jewelry and dress; ⁴ yours must be the inner beauty of character, the imperishable attraction of a quiet and gentle spirit, which has great value in the sight of God. ⁵ It was in that way in ancient times that those pious women who set their hopes on God made themselves attractive. They were submissive to their husbands, ⁶ like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham, and called him Master. You are true daughters of hers, if you do right and are unafraid. ⁷ You married men also must be considerate in living with your wives. You must show deference to women as the weaker sex, sharing the gift of life with you, so that there may be nothing to interfere with your prayers. ⁸ Finally, you must all be harmonious, sympathizing, loving, tender-hearted, modest, ⁹ not returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse. You must bless people instead. It is for this that you were called—to obtain blessing. ¹⁰ For "Let him who would enjoy life And see happy days, Keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from uttering deceit. ¹¹ Let him turn away from evil and do right, Let him seek peace and go after it. ¹² For the eyes of the Lord are upon upright men, And his ears are open to their entreaty, But the Lord's face is set against men that do wrong." ¹³ And who is there that can hurt you if you are eager to do what is right? ¹⁴ Even if you should suffer for uprightness, you are blessed. But do not be afraid of them, nor be troubled, ¹⁵ but reverence Christ in your hearts as Lord, and always be ready to make your defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that you have. But do so gently and respectfully, ¹⁶ and keep your conscience clear, so that those who abuse your upright Christian conduct may be made ashamed of their slanders. ¹⁷ For it is better to suffer for doing right, if that should be God's will, than for doing wrong. ¹⁸ For Christ himself died once for all, for sin, an upright man for unrighteous men, to bring us to God, and was physically put to death, but he was made alive in the Spirit. ¹⁹ In it Enoch went and preached even to those spirits that were in prison, ²⁰ who had once been disobedient, when in Noah's time God in his patience waited for the ark to be made ready, in which a few people, eight in all, were brought safely through the water. ²¹ Baptism, which corresponds to it, now saves you also (not as the mere removing of physical stain, but as the craving for a conscience right with God)—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²² who has gone to heaven and is at God's right hand, with angels, hierarchies, and powers made subject to him.

⁵ "Blessed are the humble-minded, for they will possess the land!

⁹ "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called God's sons! ¹⁰ "Blessed are those who have endured persecution for their uprightness, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! ¹¹ "Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely say everything bad of you, on my account.

¹¹ "Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely say everything bad of you, on my account. ¹² Be glad and exult over it, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way they persecuted the prophets who went before you!

²³ So when you are presenting your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother has any grievance against you, ²⁴ leave your gift right there before the altar and go and make up with your brother; then come back and present your gift.

³⁹ But I tell you not to resist injury, but if anyone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other to him too;

⁴⁴ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for your persecutors, ⁴⁵ so that you may show yourselves true sons of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on bad and good alike, and makes the rain fall on the upright and the wrongdoers.

¹³ And do not subject us to temptation, But save us from the evil one.'

¹⁴ But the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few that find it.

¹⁸ and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to bear your testimony before them and the heathen.

¹⁸ and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to bear your testimony before them and the heathen. ¹⁹ But when they give you up, you must have no anxiety about how to speak or what to say, for you will be told at the very moment what you ought to say,

¹⁹ But when they give you up, you must have no anxiety about how to speak or what to say, for you will be told at the very moment what you ought to say, ²⁰ for it is not you who will speak, it is the Spirit of your Father that will speak through you.

²⁰ for it is not you who will speak, it is the Spirit of your Father that will speak through you. ²¹ One brother will give up another to death, and a father his child, and children will turn against their parents, and have them put to death. ²² You will be hated by everybody on my account, but the man who holds out to the very end will be saved.

²⁸ Have no fear of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. You had better be afraid of one who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

³¹ You must not be afraid; you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

³⁹ Whoever gains his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will gain it.

²⁹ Let my yoke be put upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble-minded, and your hearts will find rest,

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they do see, and your ears, for they do hear. ¹⁷ For I tell you, many prophets and upright men have longed to see what you see, and could not see it, and to hear what you hear, and could not hear it.

²⁵ For whoever wants to preserve his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me will find it.

¹⁵ "But if your brother wrongs you go to him and show him his fault while you are alone with him. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

¹⁹ Again, I tell you, if even two of you here on earth agree about what they shall pray for, it will be given them by my Father in heaven.

³³ Ought you not to have taken pity on your fellow-slave, as I did on you?'

³ And some Pharisees came up to him to test him, and they said, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?" ⁴ But he answered, "Did you never read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female, ⁵ and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one. ⁶ Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not try to separate." ⁷ They said to him, "Then why did Moses command us to draw up a written divorce-notice and give it to her?" ⁸ He said to them, "It was on account of your perversity that Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but it was not so at the beginning. ⁹ I tell you that whoever divorces his wife on any ground but her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

¹⁷ But he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter that life, keep the commandments."

²⁹ And anyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or land for my sake will receive many times as much, and share eternal life.

⁵ "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Here is your king coming to you, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden.' "

⁴⁴ " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand, Until I put your enemies under your feet" '?

²⁶ You blind Pharisee! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

³⁷ For just as it was in the time of Noah, it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸ For just as in those days before the flood people were eating and drinking, marrying and being married, until the very day Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and knew nothing about it until the flood came and destroyed them all, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

³⁴ Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world.

³⁹ And he went on a little way, and threw himself on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me. Yet not as I please but as you do!"

⁴² He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it cannot pass by me without my drinking it, your will be done!"

⁶⁹ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a maid came up to him, and said, "You were with Jesus the Galilean, too!" ⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all, and said, "I do not know what you mean." ⁷¹ And he went out into the gateway, and another maid saw him, and said to the men there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene!" ⁷² He denied it again, with an oath, and said, "I do not know the man!" ⁷³ A little while after the bystanders came up to Peter and said, "You are certainly one of them too, for your accent shows it!" ⁷⁴ Then he started to swear with the strongest oaths, "I do not know the man!" And at that moment a cock crowed. ⁷⁵ And Peter remembered Jesus' words when he had said, "Before a cock crows, you will disown me three times!" And he went outside and wept bitterly.

¹⁹ Now while he was on the bench his wife sent to him to say, "Do not have anything to do with that upright man, for I have just had a painful experience in a dream about him."

²⁴ When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but that a riot was beginning instead, he took some water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit,

³⁵ For whoever wants to preserve his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me and for the good news will preserve it.

¹⁷ As he was starting again on his journey, a man came running up to him, and knelt at his feet and asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

²⁹ Jesus said, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news,

³⁶ David himself, under the influence of the holy Spirit, said, " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand Until I put your enemies under your feet." '

⁷ For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you please you can do for them, but you will not always have me.

¹⁶ He who believes it and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe it will be condemned.

¹⁹ So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was caught up into heaven and took his seat at God's right hand.

⁷⁹ To shine on men who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, And guide our feet into the way of peace."

³⁷ and she had been a widow until she was now eighty-four. She never left the Temple, but worshipped night and day with fasting and prayer.

⁹ Jesus said to them, "I want to ask you, Is it allowable on the Sabbath to do people good or to do them harm? to save life or to destroy it?"

²² "Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you and spurn the name you bear as evil, on account of the Son of Man. ²³ Be glad when that happens, and leap for joy, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way their forefathers treated the prophets.

²⁷ "But I tell you who hear me, love your enemies, treat those who hate you well, ²⁸ bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. ²⁹ To the man that strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from the man who takes away your coat, do not keep back your shirt either.

³⁵ But love your enemies, and help them and lend to them, never despairing, and you will be richly rewarded, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked.

² and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and sickness—Mary, who was called Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had been driven, ³ and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them with their means.

²⁵ Then an expert in the Law got up to test him and said, "Master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

³³ But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon him, and when he saw him he pitied him,

⁴⁰ You fools! Did not the Creator of the outside make the inside too?

⁴ I tell you, who are my friends, have no fear of those who kill the body, and after that can do no more. ⁵ I will show you whom to fear: fear him who, after killing you, has power to hurl you into the pit. Yes, fear him, I tell you.

³² Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom.

²⁴ "You must strain every nerve to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in, and will not succeed, ²⁵ when the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock on the door, and say, 'Open it for us, sir!' Then he will answer you and say, 'I do not know where you come from,'

¹⁵ And he said to them, "You are the men who parade your uprightness before people, but God knows your hearts. For what men consider great is detestable in the sight of God.

²⁶ In the time of the Son of Man it will be just as it was in the time of Noah. ²⁷ People went on eating, drinking, marrying, and being married up to the very day that Noah got into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Or as it was in Lot's time; they went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building, ²⁹ but the day Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. ³⁰ It will be like that on the day when the Son of Man appears.

¹⁸ A member of the council asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

⁴² For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand,

¹⁴ So make up your minds not to prepare your defense, ¹⁵ for I will give you such wisdom of utterance as none of your opponents will be able to resist or dispute.

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and he said of him, "Here is really an Israelite without any deceit in him!"

³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinful people, but if a man is devout and obeys God, God will listen to him.

²⁵ Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.

¹ "Your minds must not be troubled; you must believe in God, and believe in me.

²⁷ I leave you a blessing; I give you my own blessing. I do not give it to you as the world gives. Your minds must not be troubled or afraid.

¹⁵ I do not ask you to take them away from the world, but to keep them from evil.

¹¹ and said to them, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into the sky? This very Jesus who has been caught up from you into heaven will come in just the way that you have seen him go up to heaven."

¹⁴ They were all devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, with the women and Mary, Jesus' mother, and his brothers.

¹ On the day of the Harvest Festival, they were all meeting together,

³⁴ "For David did not go up to heaven, but he said, 'The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, ³⁵ Until I make your enemies your footstool.' ³⁶ "Therefore the whole nation of Israel must understand that God has declared this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."

³⁸ Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

¹⁴ But you disowned the Holy, Righteous One. You asked to have a murderer released for you,

²¹ Yet he must remain in heaven till the time for the universal reformation of which God told in ancient times by the lips of his holy prophets.

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders of the people and members of the council,

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders of the people and members of the council, ⁹ if it is for a benefit conferred upon a helpless man, and as to how he was cured, that we are called to account here today,

⁹ if it is for a benefit conferred upon a helpless man, and as to how he was cured, that we are called to account here today, ¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all know that it is through the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that he stands here before you well.

¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all know that it is through the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that he stands here before you well. ¹¹ He is the stone that you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.

¹¹ He is the stone that you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone. ¹² There is no salvation through anyone else, for there is no one else in the world who has been named to men as their only means of being saved."

¹² There is no salvation through anyone else, for there is no one else in the world who has been named to men as their only means of being saved." ¹³ They were amazed to see how outspoken Peter and John were, and to find that they were uneducated men with no advantages. They recognized them as companions of Jesus,

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you instead of him,

³² There was but one heart and soul in the multitude who had become believers, and not one of them claimed anything that belonged to him as his own, but they shared everything they had with one another.

²⁹ Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men. ³⁰ The God of our forefathers raised Jesus to life when you had hung him on a cross and killed him. ³¹ God took him up to his right hand as our leader and savior, in order to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

³⁶ As they went on along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is some water! What is there to prevent my being baptized?"

¹⁶ For I am going to show him what he will have to endure for my sake."

³⁶ Among the disciples at Joppa there was a woman named Tabitha, which is in Greek Dorcas, that is, gazelle. She had devoted herself to doing good and to acts of charity.

³³ And right then in the night, he took them and washed their wounds, and he and all his household were baptized immediately.

⁹ One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid! Go on speaking and do not give up, ¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one shall attack you or injure you, for I have many people in this city."

¹⁴ So as he would not yield, we gave up urging him, and said, "The Lord's will be done!"

³⁹ "I am a Jew," Paul answered, "from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you to let me speak to the people."

¹⁴ and he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to learn his will and to see his Righteous One and hear him speak,

¹⁶ And now, why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash out your sins, calling on his name.'

¹⁶ Therefore I strive always to have a clear conscience before God and men.

²⁵ But as he talked of uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "You may go for the present. I will find time later to send for you."

³ The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius kindly allowed Paul to go and see his friends and be taken care of.

⁷ The governor of the island, whose name was Publius, had estates in that part of the island, and he welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

⁴ and decisively declared Son of God in his holiness of spirit, by being raised from the dead—Jesus Christ our Lord,

⁴ Do you think so lightly of his wealth of kindness, forbearance, and patience, and fail to see that God's kindness ought to induce you to repent? ⁵ But in your obstinacy and impenitence you are storing up wrath for yourself on the Day of Wrath, when the justice of God will burst forth.

²⁹ The real Jew is the man who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, a spiritual, not a literal, thing. Such a man receives his praise not from men, but from God.

²⁵ who was given up to death to make up for our offenses, and raised to life to make us upright.

¹ So as we have been made upright by faith, let us live in peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² by whom we have been introduced through faith to the favor of God that we now enjoy, and let us glory in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

⁶ For when we were still helpless, at the decisive moment Christ died for us godless men. ⁷ Why, a man will hardly give his life for an upright person, though perhaps for a really good man some may be brave enough to die. ⁸ But God proves his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us when we were still sinners.

¹⁴ Still death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned as Adam had, in the face of an express command. So Adam foreshadowed the one who was to come.

³ Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into union with Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death? ⁴ Through baptism we have been buried with him in death, so that just as he was raised from the dead through the Father's glory, we too may live a new life. ⁵ For if we have grown into union with him by undergoing a death like his, of course we shall do so by being raised to life like him, ⁶ for we know that our old self was crucified with him, to do away with our sinful body, so that we might not be enslaved to sin any longer,

⁶ for we know that our old self was crucified with him, to do away with our sinful body, so that we might not be enslaved to sin any longer,

¹⁷ But, thank God! though you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient from your hearts to the standard of teaching that you received,

² For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if he dies, the marriage law no longer applies to her.

¹⁹ I do not do the good things that I want to do; I do the wrong things that I do not want to do.

²¹ I find the law to be that I who want to do right am dogged by what is wrong. ²² My inner nature agrees with the divine law,

³ For though it was impossible for the Law to do it, hampered as it was by our physical limitations, God, by sending his own Son in our sinful physical form, as a sin-offering, put his condemnation upon sin through his physical nature,

⁶ For to be physically minded means death, but to be spiritually minded means life and peace.

¹¹ If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead has taken possession of you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give your mortal bodies life through his Spirit that has taken possession of you.

²⁶ In the same way the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit itself pleads for us with inexpressible yearnings, ²⁷ and he who searches our hearts knows what the Spirit means, for it pleads for God's people in accordance with his will. ²⁸ We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good.

³⁰ and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies.

³⁴ who can condemn them? Christ Jesus who died, or rather who was raised from the dead, is at God's right hand, and actually pleads for us.

³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor their hierarchies nor the present nor the future

¹ I am telling the truth as a Christian, it is no falsehood, for my conscience under the holy Spirit's influence bears me witness in it,

⁷ nor are they all children of Abraham because they are descended from him, but he was told, "The line of Isaac will be called your descendants." ⁸ That is to say, it is not his physical descendants who are children of God, but his descendants born in fulfilment of the promise who are considered his true posterity. ⁹ For this is what the promise said: "When I come back at this time next year, Sarah will have a son."

²² Then what if God, though he wanted to display his anger and show his power, has shown great patience toward the objects of his anger, already ripe for destruction,

⁹ For if with your lips you acknowledge the message that Jesus is Lord, and with your mind you believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with their minds men believe and are made upright, and with their lips they make the acknowledgment and are saved.

¹⁶ It is true, they have not all accepted the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what we have told?"

² You must not adopt the customs of this world but by your new attitude of mind be transformed so that you can find out what God's will is—what is good, pleasing, and perfect.

¹⁰ Be affectionate in your love for the brotherhood, eager to show one another honor,

¹⁴ Bless your persecutors; bless them; do not curse them. ¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. ¹⁶ Live in harmony with one another. Do not be too ambitious, but accept humble tasks. Do not be conceited. ¹⁷ Do not pay anyone back with evil for evil. See that you are above reproach in the eyes of everyone. ¹⁸ If possible, for your part, live peaceably with everybody. ¹⁹ Do not take your revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God's anger, for the Scripture says, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back, says the Lord." ²⁰ No! If your enemy is hungry, feed him! If he is thirsty, give him something to drink! For if you do, you will heap burning coals upon his head! ²¹ Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.

³ The man who does right has nothing to fear from the magistrates, as the wrongdoer has. If you want to have no fear of the authorities, do right, and they will commend you for it,

¹⁷ The Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of uprightness, peace, and happiness through the possession of the holy Spirit.

¹⁹ Let us, therefore, keep before us whatever will contribute to peace and the development of one another.

⁵ May God, from whom steadfastness and encouragement come, give you such harmony with one another, in following the example of Christ Jesus,

¹⁰ But I urge you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree in what you say, and not to allow factions among you, but to be perfectly united in mind and judgment.

⁶ Now, brothers, for your benefit I have applied all this only to Apollos and myself, by using us as illustrations to teach you the old lesson, "Never go beyond the letter," and to keep any of you from boasting of one teacher at the expense of another.

¹² we have worked with our hands for a living. When people abuse us, we bless them, when they persecute us, we put up with it, ¹³ when they slander us, we try to conciliate them. We have come to be like the scum of the earth, the dregs of the world, and we are so now.

³ The husband must give his wife what is due her, and the wife must do the same by her husband.

¹⁶ For how do you wives know whether you will save your husbands? Or how do you husbands know whether you will save your wives?

¹⁹ Though I am free from anyone's control, I have made myself everyone's slave, so as to win over all the more. ²⁰ To the Jews I have become like a Jew, to win Jews over; to men under the Law I have become like a man under the Law, though I am not myself under the Law, so as to win over those who are under the Law. ²¹ To those who have no law I have become like a man without any law—though I am not without the law of God, but under the law of Christ—so as to win over those who are without any law. ²² To the overscrupulous I have become overscrupulous, so as to win the overscrupulous; I have become everything to everybody, so as by all means to save some of them.

³ But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, while a woman's head is her husband, and Christ's head is God.

¹³ For we have all—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free men—been baptized in one spirit to form one body, and we have all been saturated with one Spirit.

²² On the contrary, the parts of the body that are considered most delicate are indispensable, ²³ and the parts of it that we think common, we dress with especial care, and our unpresentable parts receive especial attention ²⁴ which our presentable parts do not need. God has so adjusted the body and given such especial distinction to its inferior parts

²⁶ If one part suffers, all the parts share its sufferings. If a part has honor done it, all the parts enjoy it too.

¹ You must pursue love, while you are cultivating the spiritual endowments, and especially inspired preaching.

³⁴ Women are to keep quiet in church, for they are not allowed to speak. They must take a subordinate place, just as the Law says.

²⁴ After that will come the end, when he will turn over the kingdom to God his Father, bringing to an end all other government, authority, and power,

¹² For my boast is what my conscience tells me, that my relations to the world and still more to you have been marked by pure motives and godly sincerity, not by worldly shrewdness but by the favor of God.

²⁴ Not that we are the masters of you and your faith; we are working with you to make you happy, for in your faith you stand firm enough.

¹⁵ Yes, I am the fragrance of Christ to God, diffused among those who are being saved, and those who are perishing alike; ¹⁶ to the one, a deathly, deadly odor, to the other a vital, life-giving one. Who is qualified for this task? I am!

² I disown disgraceful, underhanded ways. I refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's message. It is by the open statement of the truth that I would commend myself to every human conscience in the sight of God.

¹⁶ So I never lose heart. Though my outer nature is wasting away, my inner is being renewed every day.

²¹ He made him who knew nothing of sin to be sin, for our sake, so that through union with him we might become God's uprightness.

¹ So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

¹ I appeal to you personally, by the gentleness and forbearance of Christ—the Paul who is so humble when face to face with you, but so bold in dealing with you when he is far away!

¹⁰ That is why I am pleased with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties, when they are endured for Christ's sake, for it is when I am weak that I am strong.

⁴ Even if he was crucified through weakness, by the power of God he is alive. For we are weak as he was, but you will find that by the power of God we will be alive as he is.

⁴ who to save us from the present wicked world gave himself for our sins at the will of our God and Father.

¹³ Christ ransomed us from the Law's curse by taking our curse upon himself (for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who is hung on a tree")

²⁷ For all of you who have been baptized into union with Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

²² For the Scripture says that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl, and one by the free woman. ²³ But the child of the slave-girl was born in the ordinary course of nature, while the child of the free woman was born in fulfilment of the promise. ²⁴ This is an allegorical utterance. For the women are two agreements, one coming from Mount Sinai, bearing children that are to be slaves; that is, Hagar ²⁵ (and Hagar means Mount Sinai, in Arabia), and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for Jerusalem is in slavery with her children. ²⁶ But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

²² But what the Spirit produces is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control. There is no law against such things!

¹⁰ So then whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who belong to the family of the faith.

²⁰ he exerted in raising Christ from the dead, and seating him at his right hand in heaven, ²¹ far above all hierarchies, authorities, powers, and dominions, and all titles that can be bestowed not only in this world but in the world to come.

¹⁶ and to kill the feud between them with his cross and in one body reconcile them both to God with it. ¹⁷ He came with the good news of peace for you who were far away and for those who were near; ¹⁸ for it is through him that we both with one Spirit are now able to approach the Father.

⁶ that through union with Christ Jesus the heathen are fellow-heirs with the Jews, belong to the same body and share the promise with them, through the good news

² with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another lovingly.

²² You must lay aside with your former habits your old self which is going to ruin through its deceptive passions. ²³ You must adopt a new attitude of mind, ²⁴ and put on the new self which has been created in likeness to God, with all the uprightness and holiness that belong to the truth.

³⁰ You must not offend God's holy Spirit, with which you have been marked for the Day of Redemption. ³¹ You must give up all bitterness, rage, anger, and loud, abusive talk, and all spite. ³² You must be kind to one another, you must be tender-hearted, and forgive one another just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

¹ So follow God's example, like his dear children,

²² You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, as you do to the Lord, ²³ for a husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the head of the church, which is his body, and is saved by him. ²⁴ Just as the church is in subjection to Christ, so married women must be, in everything, to their husbands. ²⁵ You who are husbands must love your wives, just as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her, ²⁶ to consecrate her, after cleansing her with the bath in water through her confession of him,

²⁶ to consecrate her, after cleansing her with the bath in water through her confession of him, ²⁷ in order to bring the church to himself in all her beauty, without a flaw or a wrinkle or anything of the kind, but to be consecrated and faultless. ²⁸ That is the way husbands ought to love their wives—as if they were their own bodies; a man who loves his wife is really loving himself,

³³ But each one of you must love his wife just as he loves himself, and the wife, too, must respect her husband.

⁵ You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ,

¹⁸ Use every kind of prayer and entreaty, and at every opportunity pray in the Spirit. Be on the alert about it; devote yourselves constantly to prayer for all God's people

²⁷ Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

²⁹ For you have been granted the privilege not only of trusting in Christ but of suffering for him.

¹⁶ Only we must live up to what we have already attained.

²⁰ But the commonwealth to which we belong is in heaven, and from it we are eagerly awaiting the coming of a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸ Now, brothers, let your minds dwell on what is true, what is worthy, what is right, what is pure, what is amiable, what is kindly—on everything that is excellent or praiseworthy. ⁹ Do the things that you learned, received, and heard from me, and that you saw me do. Then God who gives peace will be with you.

⁵ and for the hope of what is stored up for you in heaven. You first heard of it long ago when the true message of the gospel

²¹ And it has brought you, who were once estranged from him, hostile in attitude and engaged in doing wrong (though now he has reconciled you ²² through dying in his human body) in holiness, and free from reproach or blame, into God's presence— ²³ if at least you continue firm and steadfast in the exercise of faith, and never shift from the hope held out in the good news to which you listened, which has been preached all over the world, and for which I, Paul, became a worker.

²⁷ to whom God has chosen to make known among the heathen how glorious this mystery of Christ in you, the promise of glorification, really is.

¹² when in your baptism you were buried with him, and raised to life with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

¹ If, then, you have been raised to life with Christ, set your hearts on the things that are where Christ is, above, seated at God's right hand.

³ For you have died, and your life now lies hidden with Christ in God.

⁹ You must not lie to one another. For you have stripped off your old self with its ways ¹⁰ and have put on that new self newly made in the likeness of its Creator, to know him fully.

¹² As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance.

¹⁵ Let the ruling principle in your hearts be Christ's peace, for in becoming members of one body you have been called under its sway. And you must be thankful.

¹⁸ You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, for that is your duty as Christians. ¹⁹ You who are husbands must love your wives and not be harsh to them.

²² You who are slaves must always obey your earthly masters, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but with sincerity of heart, because you fear the Lord.

⁵ Use wisdom in dealing with outsiders, making the most of your opportunities. ⁶ Always put your message attractively, and yet pointedly, and be prepared to give every inquirer a fitting answer.

⁴ that each of you learn to take a wife for himself from pure and honorable motives,

¹¹ in striving to live quietly and mind your own affairs, and work with your hands, as we directed you,

¹⁵ Take care that none of you ever pays back evil for evil, but always try to treat one another and everybody with kindness.

⁸ in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.

¹² Now with the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ we charge and exhort such people to keep quiet and do their work and earn their own living.

⁵ The aim of your instruction must be love that springs from a pure heart and from a good conscience and from a sincere faith.

¹⁹ keeping hold of faith and a good conscience. For some people have let that go and have had their faith ruined,

² for emperors and all who are in authority, so that we may live tranquil, quiet lives, with perfect piety and probity.

⁹ Women for their part are to dress modestly and sensibly in proper clothes, not adorning themselves by braiding their hair or with gold or pearls or expensive clothing, ¹⁰ but, as is appropriate for women who profess to be religious, with good actions.

¹⁰ but, as is appropriate for women who profess to be religious, with good actions. ¹¹ Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive. ¹² I do not allow women to teach or to domineer over men; they must keep quiet.

¹⁵ But they will be saved through motherhood, if they continue to have faith and to be loving and holy, and sensible as well.

¹² Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set those who believe an example in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

⁵ But a woman who is really a widow, and has no children, has fixed her hope on God, and devotes herself to prayers and entreaties night and day.

¹⁰ and have a good reputation for Christian service, such as bringing up children, being hospitable to strangers, washing the feet of God's people, helping people in distress, or devoting herself to any form of doing good.

¹² Enter the great contest of faith! Take hold of eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the great profession of faith.

¹⁸ Charge them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, open-handed and generous,

³ I thank God, whom I, like my forefathers, worship with a clear conscience, when I remember you, as I constantly do, in my prayers.

²⁵ correcting his opponents with gentleness; for God may possibly let them repent and acknowledge the truth,

²⁵ correcting his opponents with gentleness; for God may possibly let them repent and acknowledge the truth, ²⁶ and they may yet return to their senses and escape from the toils of the devil, who has caught them to make them do his will.

² in the hope of eternal life, which God who never lies promised ages ago,

³ Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right,

³ Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right,

³ Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right, ⁴ so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers,

⁴ so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers,

⁴ so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers, ⁵ and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message.

⁵ and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message. ⁶ Urge the younger men, too, to be sensible.

⁶ Urge the younger men, too, to be sensible. ⁷ In every way set them an example of good conduct yourself. Teach with sincerity and seriousness, ⁸ and present a wholesome, unobjectionable message, so that your opponent may be put to shame at finding nothing bad to say about us.

⁸ and present a wholesome, unobjectionable message, so that your opponent may be put to shame at finding nothing bad to say about us. ⁹ Tell slaves always to obey their masters and try to please them, not to oppose them ¹⁰ or steal from them, but to show such perfect good faith as to do credit to the teaching about God our Savior, by everything they do. ¹¹ For God's mercy has appeared and brought salvation to all men, ¹² training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world, ¹³ while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right.

¹⁴ He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right. ¹⁵ This is what you must teach and urge and insist upon with full authority. No one is to look down on you.

² to abuse nobody, to be peaceable and reasonable, showing perfect gentleness to everyone.

⁵ he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit, ⁶ which he has poured out upon us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that we might be made upright through his mercy and become possessors of eternal life in fulfilment of our hope.

⁷ so that we might be made upright through his mercy and become possessors of eternal life in fulfilment of our hope.

³ He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,

¹³ But to what angel did he ever say, 'Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for you"? ¹⁴ Are not the angels all spirits in service, whom he sends on his errands for the good of those who are destined to possess salvation?

⁶ but Christ's faithfulness was that of a son set over the house of God. And we are that house, if we keep up our courage and our triumphant hope to the very end.

⁹ and when he was fully qualified, he became a source of unending salvation for all who obey him,

¹ Let us therefore leave elementary Christian teaching alone and advance toward maturity. We must not be always relaying foundations, of repentance for wrong-doing, and of faith in God,

¹⁴ and said, "I will certainly bless you richly, and greatly increase your numbers."

¹⁸ so that by these two unalterable things, which make it impossible for God to break his promise, we who have taken refuge with him may be greatly encouraged to seize upon the hope that is offered to us. ¹⁹ This hope is like an anchor for our souls. It reaches up secure and strong into the sanctuary behind the heavenly curtain, ²⁰ where Jesus has gone ahead of us, and become forever a high priest of the priesthood of Melchizedek.

¹ Now the main point in what I am saying is this: We have such a high priest as this, and he has taken his seat in heaven at the right hand of God's Majesty,

¹⁴ how much more surely will the blood of the Christ, who with the eternal Spirit made himself an unblemished offering to God, purify our consciences from the old wrongdoing for the worship of the everliving God?

²⁴ For it was not a sanctuary made by human hands and only copied after the true one that Christ entered, but he went into heaven itself, in order to appear now on our behalf in the very presence of God.

²⁶ for then he would have had to suffer death over and over, ever since the creation of the world. But, as it is, once for all at the close of the age he has appeared, to put an end to sin by his sacrifice.

²⁸ so the Christ too, after being offered in sacrifice once for all to carry away the sins of many, will appear again but without any burden of sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him to come and save them.

¹² But Christ has offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, and has taken his seat at God's right hand,

⁷ Faith led Noah, when he was warned by God of things no one then saw, in obedience to the warning to build an ark in which to save his family, and by such faith he condemned the world, and came to possess that uprightness which faith produces. ⁸ Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going.

¹¹ Faith made even Sarah herself able to have a child, although she was past the time of life for it, because she thought, that he who had made the promise would keep it.

¹⁹ For he believed that God was able to raise men even from the dead, and from the dead he did indeed, to speak figuratively, receive him back.

² fixing our eyes upon Jesus, our leader and example in faith, who in place of the happiness that belonged to him, submitted to a cross, caring nothing for its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁴ Try to be at peace with everyone, and strive for that consecration without which no one can see the Lord.

¹ Your love for the brotherhood must continue.

¹⁶ But do not forget to be helpful and generous, for that is the kind of sacrifice that pleases God.

¹⁸ Pray for me, for I am sure I have a clear conscience, and I mean in every way to live an upright life.

¹² Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will be given the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

²¹ So strip yourselves of everything that soils you, and of every evil growth, and in a humble spirit let the message that has the power to save your souls be planted in your hearts.

²⁶ If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious observances are of no account.

¹³ For the merciless will be mercilessly judged; but mercy will triumph over judgment.

¹ Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. ² For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well. ³ If we put bridles into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies. ⁴ Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases. ⁵ So the tongue is a little organ and yet very boastful. What a great forest a spark will set on fire! ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, a world of wrong the tongue proves in our bodies, soiling the whole body and setting fire to the whole round of nature, and set on fire itself by hell. ⁷ For every kind of animal and bird, reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by man, ⁸ but no human being can tame the tongue. It is an irreconcilable evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹ With it we bless the Lord our Father, and with it we curse men made in God's likeness. ¹⁰ Blessing and cursing issue from the same mouth! This is not right, my brothers.

¹³ What wise, intelligent man is there among you? Let him show by his good life that what he does is done in the humility of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you cherish bitter feelings of jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus belie the truth. ¹⁵ Such wisdom does not come from above. It is earthly, animal, demon-like. ¹⁶ For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and every low action. ¹⁷ The wisdom that is from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, considerate, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, whole-hearted, straightforward.

¹⁷ The wisdom that is from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, considerate, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, whole-hearted, straightforward.

¹⁷ The wisdom that is from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, considerate, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, whole-hearted, straightforward. ¹⁸ The harvest uprightness yields must be sown in peace, by peacemakers.

¹⁷ So when a man knows what is right and fails to do it, he is guilty of sin.

⁶ You have condemned and murdered the upright. Will he make no resistance?

¹¹ Why, we call those who showed such endurance happy! You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen what the Lord brought out of it, for the Lord is very kind and merciful.

¹⁶ So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. An upright man can do a great deal by prayer when he tries.

¹⁹ My brothers, if any one of you is led astray from the truth, and someone brings him back, ²⁰ you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his misguided way will save the man's soul from death, and cover up a host of sins.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born anew to a life of hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead,

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born anew to a life of hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead, ⁴ and to an imperishable, unsullied, and unfading inheritance, which is kept safe for you in heaven,

¹¹ trying to learn for what possible time the spirit of Christ within them in predicting the sufferings destined for Christ intended them and the glories that were to follow them. ¹² It was disclosed to them that they were serving not themselves but you in dealing with these things, which have now been told you by those who through the holy Spirit sent from heaven brought you the good news; things into which angels long to look!

¹⁵ but like the holy Being who has called you, you must also prove holy in all your conduct,

¹⁷ And if you address him as Father who judges everyone impartially by what he does, you must live reverently all the time you stay here,

²² Now that by obeying the truth you have purified your souls for sincere love of the brotherhood, you must love one another intensely and heartily, ²³ for you have been born anew from a germ not perishable, but imperishable, through the message of the living, everlasting God.

¹ Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind,

¹² Live upright lives among the heathen, so that even if they charge you with being evil-doers, they may from observing the uprightness of your conduct come to praise God on the Day of Judgment.

¹⁵ For it is the will of God that by doing right you should silence the ignorant charges of foolish people.

¹⁷ Treat everyone with respect. Love the brotherhood, be reverent to God, respect the emperor.

¹⁹ For God approves a man if from a sense of duty he endures suffering unjustly inflicted—

¹⁹ For God approves a man if from a sense of duty he endures suffering unjustly inflicted— ²⁰ for what credit is there in your enduring being beaten for doing wrong? But if you endure suffering for doing what is right, you have God's approval.

²⁰ for what credit is there in your enduring being beaten for doing wrong? But if you endure suffering for doing what is right, you have God's approval.

²⁰ for what credit is there in your enduring being beaten for doing wrong? But if you endure suffering for doing what is right, you have God's approval. ²¹ That is the life to which you have been called, for Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow his footsteps.

²¹ That is the life to which you have been called, for Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow his footsteps. ²² He committed no sin, and deceit was never on his lips.

²² He committed no sin, and deceit was never on his lips.

²² He committed no sin, and deceit was never on his lips. ²³ He was abused but he did not retort. He suffered but he did not threaten, but committed his case to him who judges justly.

²³ He was abused but he did not retort. He suffered but he did not threaten, but committed his case to him who judges justly. ²⁴ He carried the burden of our sins in his own body on the cross, in order that we might die to sin and live for uprightness. By his wounds you have been healed.

¹ You married women, in the same way, must be submissive to your husbands, so that any who refuse to believe the message may be won over without argument through the behavior of their wives ² when they see how chaste and submissive you are.

² when they see how chaste and submissive you are.

² when they see how chaste and submissive you are. ³ You must not adopt the external attractions of arranging the hair and wearing jewelry and dress; ⁴ yours must be the inner beauty of character, the imperishable attraction of a quiet and gentle spirit, which has great value in the sight of God.

⁴ yours must be the inner beauty of character, the imperishable attraction of a quiet and gentle spirit, which has great value in the sight of God. ⁵ It was in that way in ancient times that those pious women who set their hopes on God made themselves attractive. They were submissive to their husbands, ⁶ like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham, and called him Master. You are true daughters of hers, if you do right and are unafraid.

⁶ like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham, and called him Master. You are true daughters of hers, if you do right and are unafraid. ⁷ You married men also must be considerate in living with your wives. You must show deference to women as the weaker sex, sharing the gift of life with you, so that there may be nothing to interfere with your prayers.

¹⁴ Even if you should suffer for uprightness, you are blessed. But do not be afraid of them, nor be troubled,

¹⁴ Even if you should suffer for uprightness, you are blessed. But do not be afraid of them, nor be troubled, ¹⁵ but reverence Christ in your hearts as Lord, and always be ready to make your defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that you have. But do so gently and respectfully,

¹⁵ but reverence Christ in your hearts as Lord, and always be ready to make your defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that you have. But do so gently and respectfully,

¹⁵ but reverence Christ in your hearts as Lord, and always be ready to make your defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that you have. But do so gently and respectfully, ¹⁶ and keep your conscience clear, so that those who abuse your upright Christian conduct may be made ashamed of their slanders.

²¹ Baptism, which corresponds to it, now saves you also (not as the mere removing of physical stain, but as the craving for a conscience right with God)—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

¹ Since Christ therefore has suffered in our physical nature, you must also arm yourselves with the same resolve. For he who suffers in his physical nature has done with sin,

⁶ This is why the good news was preached to the dead also, that though they are judged in their physical nature as men are, they may yet live, like God, in the Spirit.

¹³ but be glad that you are in a measure sharing the sufferings of the Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may be triumphantly happy. ¹⁴ If you are being abused for the sake of Christ, you are blessed, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you. ¹⁵ For no one of you must suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or revolutionist,

¹⁵ For no one of you must suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or revolutionist, ¹⁶ but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed of it, but must do honor to God through that name. ¹⁷ For the time has come for the judgment to begin with the household of God, and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who refuse God's good news?

¹⁹ Therefore, those who suffer by the will of God must intrust their souls to a Creator who is faithful, and continue to do what is right.

⁵ You younger men must show deference to the elders. And you must all clothe yourselves in humility toward one another, for God opposes the proud, but shows mercy to the humble.

¹⁰ And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.

⁷ piety with a spirit of brotherhood, and the spirit of brotherhood with love.

⁵ and if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought the flood upon the godless world;

¹¹ If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,

¹⁵ Look upon our Lord's patience as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul, with the wisdom that God gave him, wrote you to do,

⁹ If we acknowledge our sins, he is upright and can be depended on to forgive our sins and cleanse us from everything wrong.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love is still in death.

¹⁸ Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth. ¹⁹ From that we can be sure that we are on the side of the truth, and satisfy our consciences in God's sight,

¹¹ Dear friend, do not follow bad examples, but good ones. The man who does right is a child of God; the man who does wrong has never seen God.

⁵ and they have never been known to utter a lie; they are irreproachable.

¹⁰ I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."

⁷ When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison,