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Take, my brethren, for example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.

Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth. And it rained not for three years and six months.

Unto an inheritance, incorruptible, and undefiled and that cannot fade, reserved in heaven for you,

Wherein you shalt greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:

Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.

Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you:

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.

For all flesh is as grass and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered and the flower thereof is fallen away.

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.

Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God’s sake: whether it be to the king as excelling,

Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of the good.

For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

As free and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.

For this is thankworthy: if, for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully.

For what glory is it, if, committing sin and being buffeted for it, you endure? But if doing well you suffer patiently: this is thankworthy before God.

For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps.

For you were as sheep going astray: but you are now converted to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.

For after this manner heretofore, the holy women also who trusted in God adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may inherit a blessing.