1 Peter 3 Cross References - Worrell

¹ In like manner, ye wives, be subject to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they may, without the word, be gained through the conduct of their wives, ² having beheld your chaste conduct mingled with fear: ³ whose adorning, let it not be the outward one of braiding of hair and of wearing of golden ornaments, or of putting on apparel; ⁴ but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price. ⁵ For thus, in former times, the holy women also, who hoped in God, were wont to adorn themselves, submitting themselves to their own husbands; ⁶ as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, of whom ye became children; if ye do good, and fear no alarm. ⁷ Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with them according to knowledge, assigning honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered. ⁸ And, finally, be ye all of one mind, compassionate, loving as brethren, tender-hearted, humble-minded; ⁹ not returning evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but, on the contrary, blessing; because to this end ye were called, that ye might inherit a blessing. ¹⁰ For, "He who wishes to love life, and to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile; ¹¹ and let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it; ¹² because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are toward their supplication; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." ¹³ And who is he that will harm you, if ye become zealous for that which is good? ¹⁴ But, if ye should even suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. But fear not their fear, neither be troubled; ¹⁵ but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready always for an answer to every one who asks of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear; ¹⁶ having a good conscience; that, in whatever ye are spoken against, those who revile your good conduct may be put to shame. ¹⁷ For it is better, if the will of God should will it, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing; ¹⁸ because Christ also suffered for sins once, a Righteous One in behalf of the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, ¹⁹ in Whom, also, going, He preached to the spirits in prison, ²⁰ who were once disobedient, when the long-suffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, while an ark was being prepared, entering into which, a few, that is, eight, souls were saved through water; ²¹ which, in its anti-type, immersion, now saves you also (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the requirement of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²² Who is on the right hand of God, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

⁵ "Happy are the meek: because they shall inherit the earth.

⁹ "Happy are the peacemakers; because they shall be called sons of God. ¹⁰ "Happy are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. ¹¹ "Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.

¹¹ "Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake. ¹² Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in Heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

²³ If, therefore, you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has ought against you, ²⁴ leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way, first be reconciled to your brother, and then, coming, offer your gift.

³⁹ but I say to you, Resist not the evil man; but whosoever smites you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

⁴⁴ but I say to you, Love your enemies; and pray for those who persecute you; ⁴⁵ that ye may be sons of your Father Who is in Heaven; because He causeth His sun to rise on evil men and on good, and sendeth rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

¹³ And bring us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.'

¹⁴ because narrow is the gate, and straitened the way that leads to life, and few there are who find it!

¹⁸ and before the governors and the kings shall ye be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles.

¹⁸ and before the governors and the kings shall ye be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles. ¹⁹ And, when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak;

¹⁹ And, when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak; ²⁰ for it is not ye that speak, but, the Spirit of your Father Who speaketh in you.

²⁰ for it is not ye that speak, but, the Spirit of your Father Who speaketh in you. ²¹ "And brother will deliver up brother to death; and father, his child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. ²² And ye will be hated by all, for My name's sake; but he who endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

²⁸ And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him Who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.

³¹ Fear not, therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

³⁹ "He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for My sake shall find it.

²⁹ Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; because I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls;

¹⁶ But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. ¹⁷ For verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what ye are seeing, and did not see them; and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear them.

²⁵ for whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his soul for My sake shall find it;

¹⁵ "And, if your brother sin against you, go show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hear you, you gained your brother;

¹⁹ "Again, I say to you, that, if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter which ye ask, it shall be done for them by My Father Who is in Heaven;

³³ Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, as I had mercy on you?'

³ And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause" ⁴ And He, answering, said, "Did you not read that He Who made them from the beginning made them 'male and female,' ⁵ and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?" ⁶ so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What, therefore, God joined together, let not man put asunder." ⁷ They say to Him, "Why, then, did Moses command to give her a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?" ⁸ He saith to them, "Moses, in view of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so. ⁹ And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery."

¹⁷ And He said to him, "Why do you question Me concerning the good? One is the Good. But, if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments."

²⁹ And every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive manifold more and shall inherit eternal life.

⁵ "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your King is coming to you, meek and mounted upon an ass, and on a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.'"

⁴⁴ The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit on My right hand, till I put Thy foes beneath Thy feet.'

²⁶ Blind Pharisees! cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that its outside also may become clean.

³⁷ For as the days of Noe were, so shall be the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸ For, as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noe entered into the ark, ³⁹ and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

³⁴ "Then will the King say to those on His right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of My Father! inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world:

³⁹ And, going forward a little, He fell on His face, praying, and saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt."

⁴² Again, a second time, going away, He prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is not possible that this cup should pass away except I drink it, Thy will be done,"

⁶⁹ And Peter was sitting without, in the court; and a certain maid-servant approached him, saying, "And you were with Jesus the Galilaean!" ⁷⁰ But he denied before them all, saying, "I know not what you are saying." ⁷¹ And another maid saw him, when he walked out into the porch, and says to those there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene." ⁷² And again he denied with an oath, "I do not know the Man." ⁷³ And after a little while, those who stood by, having come, said to Peter, "Truly you also are one of them; for even your speech makes you manifest." ⁷⁴ Then began he to curse and swear, "I do not know the Man." And straight-way a cock crowed. ⁷⁵ And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, saying, "Before a cock crows, you will thrice deny Me." And, going forth without, he wept bitterly.

¹⁹ And, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that Righteous One; for I suffered many things today in a dream because of Him."

²⁴ And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but rather a tumult was being made, taking water, washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this Man. Ye shall see to it."

¹⁹ going, therefore, disciple ye all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

³⁵ For whosoever would save his soul shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his soul for My sake and the Gospel's, shall save it.

¹⁷ And, as He was going forth into the way, one, running to Him, and kneeling, was asking Him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life?"

²⁹ Jesus said, "Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for My sake and the Gospel's sake,

³⁶ David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on My right hand, until I put Thy enemies underneath Thy feet.'

⁷ for the poor ye always have with you; and whensoever ye will, ye can do them good; but Me ye have not always.

¹⁶ He that believes and is immersed shall be saved; but he that disbelieves shall be condemned.

¹⁹ The Lord Jesus, therefore, after He spake to them, was caught up into Heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

⁷⁹ to shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

³⁷ and she had been a widow as much as eighty-four years), who departed not from the temple, serving with fastings and supplications night and day.

⁹ And Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil—to save a soul, or to destroy it?"

²² "Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from themselves, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man. ²³ "Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in Heaven; for, after the same manner, were their fathers wont to do to the prophets.

²⁷ "But I say to you who hear, love your enemies; do good to those who hate you; ²⁸ bless those who curse you; pray for those who revile you. ²⁹ "To him who smites you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, withhold not your coat also.

³⁵ "But love your enemies; and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; because He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

² and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, ³ and Joanna wife of Chuzas Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to them of their substance.

²⁵ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting Him, saying, "Teacher, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life?"

³³ But a certain Samaritan, going on his way, came down to him; and, seeing him, he was moved with compassion;

⁴⁰ Senseless ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

⁴ "And I say to you, my friends, be not frightened by those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do; ⁵ but I will show you Whom ye should fear; fear Him Who, after killing, has authority to cast into Hell; yea, I say to you, fear Him.

³² "Fear not, little flock; because your Father delighted to give you the Kingdom.

²⁴ And He said to them, "Strive to enter in through the narrow door; because many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able. ²⁵ When the Householder rises and shuts the door, and ye begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us!' and He, answering, shall say to you, 'I know you not, whence ye are;'

¹⁵ And He said to them, "Ye are those who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; because that which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.

²⁶ "And, as it happened in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man: ²⁷ they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, until the day on which Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewise, also, as it happened in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; ²⁹ but on the day on which Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: ³⁰ after the same manner shall it be in the day the Son of Man is revealed.

¹⁸ And a certain ruler asked Him, saying, "Good Teacher, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life?"

⁴² For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand,

¹⁴ Settle it, therefore, in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to make a defense; ¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or gainsay.

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and He saith to him, "Behold, an Israelite, indeed, in whom there is no guile!"

³¹ We know that God heareth not sinners; but, if any one is a worshiper of God, and does His will, him He heareth.

²⁵ He who loves his soul loses it; and he who hates his soul in this world will keep it unto life eternal.

¹ "Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in Me.

²⁷ "Peace I leave for you; My own peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled; neither let it be fearful.

¹⁵ I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.

¹¹ who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into the heaven? This Jesus, Who was taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye beheld Him ascending into Heaven."

¹⁴ These all were continuing with one accord in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

¹ And, when the day of Pentecost was being fulfilled they were all together in one place;

³⁴ For David did not ascend into Heaven; but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My right hand, ³⁵ till I make Thy foes a footstool for Thy feet.' ³⁶ "Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God made Him both Lord and Christ—This Jesus Whom ye crucified."

³⁸ And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be immersed each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, unto remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit;

¹⁴ but ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked that a man—a murderer—be granted to you;

²¹ Whom Heaven must retain, until the times of restoration of all things of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the beginning.

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders,

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders, ⁹ if we are this day examined in regard to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this person has been made whole;

⁹ if we are this day examined in regard to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this person has been made whole; ¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, Whom ye crucified, Whom God raised from the dead, in Him does this man stand here before you well!

¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, Whom ye crucified, Whom God raised from the dead, in Him does this man stand here before you well! ¹¹ This is the Stone That was set at naught by you, the builders, Which was made into a head of a corner.

¹¹ This is the Stone That was set at naught by you, the builders, Which was made into a head of a corner. ¹² And in no one else is there salvation; for neither is there any other name under Heaven, that has been given among men, in Which we must be saved."

¹² And in no one else is there salvation; for neither is there any other name under Heaven, that has been given among men, in Which we must be saved." ¹³ Now, beholding the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and ignorant men, they were wondering; they also were recognizing them, that they had been with Jesus;

¹⁹ But Peter and John, answering, said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you, rather than to God, judge ye;

³² And the heart and soul of the multitude of those who believed were one; and not even one was saying that any of the things belonging to him was his own, but they had all things common.

²⁹ But Peter and the apostles, answering, said, "It is proper to obey God rather than men. ³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, Whom ye slew, having suspended Him on a tree: ³¹ This One God exalted as a Prince and Savior, with His right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

³⁶ And, as they were journeying along the way, they came to a certain water; and the eunuch says, "Behold, here is water; what hinders me from being immersed?"

¹⁶ for I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake.

³⁶ Now there was in Joppa a certain disciple, Tabitha by name, (which being translated means Dorcas): this woman was full of good works and alms which she was accustomed to do.

³³ And, having taken them with him, at that hour of the night he washed their stripes; and was immersed, himself and all his, immediately;

⁹ And the Lord said to Paul, through a vision by night, "Fear not, but speak, and be not silent; ¹⁰ because I am with you, and no one shall set on you to harm you; because I have much people in this city.

¹⁴ And, when he would not be persuaded, we were silent, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."

³⁹ But Paul said, "I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I beseech you, permit me to speak to the people."

¹⁴ And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of His mouth;

¹⁶ And now why do you delay? Arising, be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.'

¹⁶ In this I myself also am striving always to have a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

²⁵ And, as he was reasoning about righteousness, continence, and the judgment to come, Felix, becoming terrified, answered, "Go your way for the present; and, when I obtain a suitable opportunity, I will call for you;"

³ And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul humanely, gave him permission to go to his friends to receive their attention.

⁷ Now, in the districts round about that place, were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, by name Publius; who, receiving us, entertained us hospitably three days.

⁴ Who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead—even Jesus Christ our Lord,

⁴ Or, do you despise the riches of His kindness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God is leading you to repentance? ⁵ but, after your hardness and impenitent heart, you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

²⁹ but he is a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.

²⁵ Who was delivered up for our trespasses, and raised for our justification.

¹ Having been justified, therefore, by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through Whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we have been standing; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

⁶ For, while we were yet weak, Christ, in due season, died for the ungodly. ⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; for, peradventure, in behalf of a good man, some one even dares to die. ⁸ But God commendeth His own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

¹⁴ but yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who sinned not after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of Him Who was to come.

³ Or are ye ignorant, that all we who were immersed into Christ Jesus were immersed into His death? ⁴ We were buried, therefore, with Him through the immersion into death; that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. ⁵ For, if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection; ⁶ knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be brought to nought, that we should no more be in bondage to sin;

⁶ knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be brought to nought, that we should no more be in bondage to sin;

¹⁷ But thanks be to God that, though ye were slaves of sin, ye did, however, obey from the heart that form of teaching unto which ye were delivered;

² For the married woman has been bound by law to the living husband; but, if the husband dies, she is loosed from the law of the husband.

¹⁹ For the good that I wish, I do not; but the evil which I wish not, this I practice.

²¹ Consequently, I find the law, that, when I wish to do good, evil is present. ²² or I delight in the law of God after the inward man;

³ For, what was impossible under law, wherein it was weak through the flesh. God, sending His Own Son in likeness of sinful flesh, and, respecting sin, condemned sin in the flesh;

⁶ For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

¹¹ And, if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will make alive your mortal bodies through His Spirit dwelling in you.

²⁶ And, in like manner, the Spirit also helpeth our weakness; for we know not what to pray for as we ought; but the Spirit Himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. ²⁷ And He Who searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. ²⁸ And we know that all things are working together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose;

³⁰ And whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

³⁴ who is he that condemns? It is Christ Who died, yea, rather, That was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God, Who also is making intercession for us.

³⁸ For I am persuaded that, neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

¹ I am speaking a truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit—

⁷ neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children; but, "In Isaac shall your seed be called." ⁸ That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. ⁹ For the word of the promise is this: "At this season I will come, and Sarah shall have a son."

²² And what if God, willing to show forth His wrath and to make known His power, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;

⁹ that if you shall confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and shall believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; ¹⁰ for with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

¹⁶ But they did not all obey the glad tidings. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who believed our report?"

² and he not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

¹⁰ in brotherly love being tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor, preferring one another;

¹⁴ Bless those who persecute you; bless, and curse not. ¹⁵ Be ready to rejoice with those who rejoice; to weep with those who weep; ¹⁶ thinking the same thing one toward another; minding not lofty things, but being carried along with the lowly. Be ye not wise in your own conceits; ¹⁷ recompensing to no one evil for evil; providing things honorable in the sight of all men; ¹⁸ if it be possible, so far as it depends on you, being at peace with all men; ¹⁹ not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath of God: for it has been written, "Vengeance is Mine; I will recompense," saith the Lord. ²⁰ But, if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for, in doing this, you will heap coals of fire upon his head. ²¹ Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

³ for rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And do you wish not to fear the authority? Do that which is good, and you shall have praise from the same;

¹⁷ for the Kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ So, then, let us follow after the things productive of peace, and the things that tend to mutual edification.

⁵ Now the God of patience and of consolation grant you to be of the same mind one with another, according to Christ Jesus:

¹⁰ Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment.

⁶ Now these things, brethren, I have, in a figure, transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye may learn not to go beyond the things which have been written; that no one be puffed up for the one against the other.

¹² and we toil, laboring with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; ¹³ being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

³ Let the husband render to the wife her due; and, in like manner, the wife to the husband.

¹⁶ For what do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or what do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

¹⁹ For, being free from all men, I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more. ²⁰ And, to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law, as under law (not being myself under law), that I might gain those under law; ²¹ to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ), that I might gain those without law. ²² To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may, by all means, save some.

³ But I wish you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the wife is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

¹³ for, indeed, in one Spirit were we all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

²² But much more the members of the body which seem to be more feeble, are necessary; ²³ and those members which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness; ²⁴ but our comely parts have no need. But God attempered the body, giving the more abundant honor to that which lacked;

²⁶ And whether one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or one is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

¹ Pursue love; and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

³⁴ Let the wives keep silence in the assemblies; for it is not permitted them to speak, but let them be in subjection, as also says the law.

²⁴ Then comes the end, when He delivereth up the Kingdom to God, even His Father; when He shall abolish all rule and all authority and power;

¹² For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

²⁴ Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith ye have been standing.

¹⁵ because we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in those who are being saved, and in those who are perishing; ¹⁶ to the one class a savor of death unto death, and to the other a savor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

² but we renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, not handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

¹⁶ Wherefore, we faint not; but even if our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.

²¹ Him Who knew no sin He made to be sin on our behalf, that we may become God's righteousness in Him.

¹ Having, therefore, these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

¹ Now I, Paul, myself entreat you, through the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in your presence, indeed, am lowly among you; but, being absent, am bold toward you;

¹⁰ Wherefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I powerful.

⁴ for, indeed, He was crucified through weakness, but He liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him through the power of God toward you.

⁴ Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father;

¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; because it has been written, "Cursed is every one who is hung upon a tree";

²⁷ for as many of you as were immersed into Christ, did put on Christ.

²² For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bond-woman, and one by the free-woman. ²³ But the one by the bond-woman has been born after the flesh; and the one by the free-woman, through promise. ²⁴ Which things are an allegory; for these women are two covenants; one, indeed, from mount Sinai, bringing forth into servitude, which is Hagar ²⁵ (for the word Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia), and corresponds to the present Jerusalem; for she is in bondage with her children. ²⁶ But the Jerusalem which is above is free, which, indeed, is our mother;

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, ²³ meekness, continence; against such there is no law.

¹⁰ So, then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, but especially to those of the household of the faith.

²⁰ which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the Heavenly places, ²¹ far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that to come;

¹⁶ and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby; ¹⁷ and, coming, He proclaimed the Gospel of peace to you who were afar off, and peace to those who were near; ¹⁸ because through Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

⁶ that the gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partners with us of the promise in Christ Jesus through the Gospel;

² with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;

²² that ye put off, as to your former manner of life, the old man, who is corrupt according to the desires of deceit; ²³ and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ and put on the new man, who after God was created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

³⁰ And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in Whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption. ³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling, be put away from you, with all wickedness; ³² and become kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

¹ Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children;

²² the wives, to their own husbands, as to the Lord; ²³ because a husband is head of the wife, as Christ also is Head of the assembly; Himself the Savior of the body. ²⁴ But, as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also let the women be to their husbands in everything. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the assembly, and delivered Himself up for it, ²⁶ that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of the water in the word,

²⁶ that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of the water in the word, ²⁷ that He might present to Himself the assembly, glorious, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it may be holy and without blemish. ²⁸ So ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

³³ Nevertheless, do ye also, severally, each one, so love his own wife, as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

⁵ Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

¹⁸ with all prayer and supplication praying at every opportunity in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

²⁷ Only demean yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ; that, whether coming and seeing you, or being absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye are standing fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the Gospel;

²⁹ but to you it was granted as a favor in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but in His behalf to suffer also;

¹⁶ nevertheless, whereunto we advanced, by the same rule let us walk.

²⁰ For our citizenship is in Heaven, whence also we are waiting for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are righteous, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. ⁹ The things also, which ye learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, these practice; and the God of peace will be with you.

⁵ because of the hope laid up for you in Heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel,

²¹ And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in evil works, ²² yet now did He reconcile in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and without blemish, and irreproachable, before Him; ²³ if, at least, ye continue in the faith, founded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

²⁷ to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

¹² having been buried with Him in your immersion, in which ye were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, Who raised Him from the dead;

¹ If, therefore, ye were raised up with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

³ for ye died, and your life has been hid with Christ in God.

⁹ Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, ¹⁰ and having put on the new man who is being renewed unto full knowledge, according to the image of Him Who created him;

¹² Put on, therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;

¹⁵ And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, unto which also ye were called in one body; and become thankful.

¹⁸ Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as it was fitting in the Lord. ¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter toward them.

²² Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.

⁵ Walk in wisdom toward those without, buying up the opportunity. ⁶ Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

⁴ that each one of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor;

¹¹ and to make it your aim to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we charged you;

¹⁵ See that no one render to any one evil for evil; but always pursue that which is good, toward one another, and toward all.

⁸ awarding vengeance to those who know not God, and to those who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus;

¹² Now such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread.

⁵ But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and of faith unfeigned;

¹⁹ holding faith, and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith;

² for kings, and all who are in high position, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

⁹ in like manner, that women adorn themselves in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety, not with braided hair, and gold, or pearls, or costly raiment, ¹⁰ but (which becomes women professing godliness) through good works.

¹⁰ but (which becomes women professing godliness) through good works. ¹¹ Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection. ¹² But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

¹⁵ But she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they abide in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.

¹² Let no one despise your youth; but become a model for believers, in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

⁵ Now she that is really a widow, and left alone, has set her hope on God, and continues in supplications and prayers, night and day.

¹⁰ noted for good works; if she nourished children, if she used hospitality, if she washed the saints' feet, if she relieved those in tribulation, if she diligently followed every good work.

¹² Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the eternal life, to which you were called, and confessed a good confession before many witnesses.

¹⁸ that they do good, that they be rich in good works, free to impart, liberal;

³ I thank God, Whom I serve from my forefathers, in a pure conscience, that I have an unceasing remembrance of you in my supplications night and day;

²⁵ in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth,

²⁵ in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth, ²⁶ and they may return to soberness out of the snare of the Devil, having been taken captive by him in accordance with his will.

² upon hope of eternal life which God, Who cannot lie, promised before eternal times,

³ that aged women, in like manner, be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

³ that aged women, in like manner, be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

³ that aged women, in like manner, be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; ⁴ that they may train the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

⁴ that they may train the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

⁴ that they may train the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children, ⁵ to be sober, pure, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

⁵ to be sober, pure, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. ⁶ The younger men, in like manner, exhort to be sober-minded;

⁶ The younger men, in like manner, exhort to be sober-minded; ⁷ in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in teaching, showing incorruptness, gravity, ⁸ sound speech not to be condemned; that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say concerning us.

⁸ sound speech not to be condemned; that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say concerning us. ⁹ Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting, ¹⁰ not keeping back anything, but showing forth all good faith; that they may adorn the teaching of our Savior God in all things. ¹¹ For the salvation-imparting grace of God appeared to all men, ¹² teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and righteously, and godly in the present age; ¹³ looking for the blissful hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; ¹⁴ who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

¹⁴ who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works. ¹⁵ These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.

² to speak evil of no one, to be averse to strife, to be mild, showing all meekness to all men.

⁵ not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to His mercy, He saved us through a washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ Whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior; ⁷ that having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

⁷ that having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

³ Who, being an effulgence of His glory and an exact expression of His substance, and upholding all things by the word of His power, having made a purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

¹³ But to whom of the angels hath He ever said, "Sit on My right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?" ¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth for service, for the sake of those about to inherit salvation?

⁶ but Christ as a Son over His own house; Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

⁹ and, having been made perfect, He became the Author of eternal life to all who obey Him;

¹ Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

¹⁴ saying, "Surely, blessing, I will bless you; and multiplying, I will multiply you."

¹⁸ that, through two immutable facts, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we may have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us; ¹⁹ which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and firm, and entering into the place within the veil; ²⁰ where, as Forerunner in our behalf, Jesus entered, having become a High Priest forever, according to the rank of Melchizedek.

¹ Now as a main point to the things being spoken, we have such a High Priest, Who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in Heaven,

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

²⁴ For Christ entered not into holy places made with hand, patterns of the true; but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God in our behalf;

²⁶ else had it been needful for Him ofttimes to suffer since the founding of a world; but now, once for all, at the end of the ages, He hath been manifested for the putting away of sin through the sacrifice of Himself.

²⁸ so also Christ, having once for all been offered to bear the sins of many, will, to those who are eagerly waiting for Him; appear a second time apart from sin, unto salvation.

¹² but This Man, having offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;

⁷ By faith Noah, being divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go forth into the place which he was about to receive for an inheritance; and he went forth, not knowing whither he was going.

¹¹ By faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive seed, even when past the age of child-bearing, since she accounted Him faithful, Who promised.

¹⁹ accounting that God is able to raise even from the dead; whence he did also, as in a figure, receive him back.

² looking away to the Author and Perfecter of our faith, Jesus; Who, in consideration of the joy lying before Him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath taken a seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁴ Pursue peace with all, and the holiness without which no one shall see the Lord;

¹ Let brotherly love continue.

¹⁶ But, of well-doing, and contributing, be not forgetful; for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

¹⁸ Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to deport ourselves honestly in all things.

¹² Happy is a man who endures temptation; because, when he becomes approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him.

²¹ Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive in meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

²⁶ If anyone thinks that he is religious, while he bridles not his own tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

¹³ For the judgment is without mercy to him who showed no mercy: mercy exults over judgment.

¹ My brethren, become not many of you teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment. ² For in many things we all stumble. If anyone stumbles not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to restrain also the whole body. ³ Now, if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. ⁴ Behold also the ships, large as they are, and driven along by fierce winds, are turned about by a very small rudder, wheresoever the impulse of the steersman wills. ⁵ So also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how small a fire kindles how great a forest! ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity! the tongue is placed among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of life, and is set on fire by Hell. ⁷ For every nature, both of wild beasts and birds, both of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed, by mankind; ⁸ but the tongue no man can tame; a restless evil, full of deadly poison! ⁹ Therewith we bless the Lord and Father; and therewith we curse men, who have been made after the likeness of God. ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing! My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

¹³ Who is wise and intelligent among you? Let him show, by his good conduct, his works in meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But, if ye have bitter jealousy and contention in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom is not the wisdom that comes down from above; but is earthly, soulish, demoniacal! ¹⁶ For where there are jealousy and contention, there is confusion and every vile deed. ¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, mild, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, mild, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, mild, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy. ¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those making peace.

¹⁷ To him, therefore, who knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

⁶ Ye condemned, ye killed the righteous one; he does not resist you.

¹¹ Behold, we pronounce those happy who endured: ye heard of the patience of Job; and ye saw the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

¹⁶ Confess, therefore, your sins one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. A righteous man's inwrought supplication avails much.

¹⁹ My brethren, if anyone among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him; ²⁰ let him know that he who converted a sinner from the error of his way, will save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

³ Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead, ⁴ to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading; kept in Heaven for you,

¹¹ searching as to what time or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ Who was in them was pointing to, when testifying beforehand the sufferings destined for Christ, and the subsequent glories; ¹² to whom it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to you they were ministering them; which things now were reported to you through those who proclaimed the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from Heaven; into which things angels desire to look carefully.

¹⁵ but, according as He Who called you is holy, do ye yourselves become holy in all your conduct;

¹⁷ And, if ye call on Him as Father, Who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear;

²² Having purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart earnestly; ²³ having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God, that lives and abides.

¹ Having, therefore, put away all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings,

¹² having your conduct seemly among the gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may, from your good works which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹⁵ for so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men;

¹⁷ Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.

¹⁹ For this is acceptable, if, for conscience toward God, one endures griefs, suffering wrongfully.

¹⁹ For this is acceptable, if, for conscience toward God, one endures griefs, suffering wrongfully. ²⁰ For what glory is it, if, when sinning and being beaten, ye endure it? but, if, when doing well and suffering for it, ye endure it, this is acceptable with God.

²⁰ For what glory is it, if, when sinning and being beaten, ye endure it? but, if, when doing well and suffering for it, ye endure it, this is acceptable with God.

²⁰ For what glory is it, if, when sinning and being beaten, ye endure it? but, if, when doing well and suffering for it, ye endure it, this is acceptable with God. ²¹ For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps;

²¹ For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps; ²² Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;

²² Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;

²² Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; ²³ Who, when reviled, reviled not again; when suffering, was not threatening, but committed Himself to Him Who judgeth righteously;

²³ Who, when reviled, reviled not again; when suffering, was not threatening, but committed Himself to Him Who judgeth righteously; ²⁴ Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by Whose bruise ye were healed.

¹ In like manner, ye wives, be subject to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they may, without the word, be gained through the conduct of their wives, ² having beheld your chaste conduct mingled with fear:

² having beheld your chaste conduct mingled with fear:

² having beheld your chaste conduct mingled with fear: ³ whose adorning, let it not be the outward one of braiding of hair and of wearing of golden ornaments, or of putting on apparel; ⁴ but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.

⁴ but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price. ⁵ For thus, in former times, the holy women also, who hoped in God, were wont to adorn themselves, submitting themselves to their own husbands; ⁶ as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, of whom ye became children; if ye do good, and fear no alarm.

⁶ as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, of whom ye became children; if ye do good, and fear no alarm. ⁷ Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with them according to knowledge, assigning honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

¹⁴ But, if ye should even suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. But fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

¹⁴ But, if ye should even suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. But fear not their fear, neither be troubled; ¹⁵ but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready always for an answer to every one who asks of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear;

¹⁵ but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready always for an answer to every one who asks of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear;

¹⁵ but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready always for an answer to every one who asks of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear; ¹⁶ having a good conscience; that, in whatever ye are spoken against, those who revile your good conduct may be put to shame.

²¹ which, in its anti-type, immersion, now saves you also (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the requirement of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

¹ Christ, therefore, having suffered in flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; because he who suffered in flesh has ceased from sin;

⁶ For to this end was the Gospel proclaimed even to the dead, that they might, indeed, be judged according to men in flesh, but live according to God in spirit.

¹³ but, in so far as ye share in Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of His glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy. ¹⁴ If ye are reproached in Christ's name, happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and that of God rests upon you. ¹⁵ For let no one of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other men's matters;

¹⁵ For let no one of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other men's matters; ¹⁶ but, if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name. ¹⁷ Because it is the time for judgment to begin at the house of God; and, if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the Gospel of God?

¹⁹ Wherefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a Faithful Creator.

⁵ Likewise, ye younger, be subject to the elder; yea, all of you gird on the lowly mind to serve one another; because "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly."

¹⁰ And the God of all grace, Who called you into His everlasting glory in Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, settle you.

⁷ and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

⁵ and spared not the old world; but preserved Noah, an eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing a flood upon a world of ungodly people;

¹¹ Seeing, therefore, that all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conduct and godliness,

¹⁵ And account the long-suffering of our Lord salvation; as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you;

⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loves not abides in death.

¹⁸ Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue, but in deed and in truth. ¹⁹ Hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and we shall assure our heart before Him;

¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. He that does good is of God; the evil-doer has not seen God.

⁵ And in their mouth was found no falsehood. They are without blemish.

¹⁰ And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he says to me, "See that you do it not: I am a fellow-servant of you and of your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

⁷ And, when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be loosed out of his prison,