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Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much.

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season (if need be) ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in these last times for you,

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

For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:

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

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

Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.

For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

For this [is] thank-worthy, if a man for conscience towards God endureth grief, suffering wrongfully.

For what glory [is it], if, when ye are buffeted for your faults, ye bear it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye bear it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.

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

For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

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

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary, blessing; knowing that ye are called to this, that ye should inherit a blessing.