Study Desk

And everything they were searching for was revealed to them because they did not seek for their own benefit, but they prophesied the things which concerned us, the things which now have been revealed to you by those who have preached the gospel to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things the angels also desire to look into.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be wide awake, and hope for the joy that is coming to you at the revelation of our LORD Jesus Christ;

Like obedient children, not partakers again in those sinful desires for which you once lusted in your ignorance:

Who verily was foreordained for this very purpose, before the foundation of the world, and was manifest in these last times, for your sakes,

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

For all flesh is as grass, and all its glory is as the flower of the field. The grass withers and the flower fades away:

But the word of our God endures for ever. And this is the very word which has been preached to you.

And become like newborn babes, and long for the word, as for pure and spiritual milk, that you may grow to salvation by it:

For as it is said in the scriptures, Behold, I lay in Sion, a chief corner stone, approved, precious: and he who believes on him shall not be ashamed.

And they stumble over it because they are disobedient to the word for which they were appointed.

Submit yourselves to all human authority for God''s sake: whether it be to kings, because of their power,

Or to judges because from them officers are sent for the punishment of offenders, and to bestow honour on those who do good.

For such is the will of God, that by your good works you may silence the mouth of foolish men, who know not God.

Act as free men, and not as men who use their liberty as a cloak for their maliciousness; but as the servants of God.

For such men have favor before God; because of a good conscience they endure sorrows which come upon them unjustly.

For to this purpose you were called: because Christ also died for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow in his footsteps.

For you had gone astray like sheep, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and the Guardian of your souls.

For so also in the past did the holy women, who trusted in God, adorn their lives and were submissive to their own husbands:

Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but instead of these, render blessing; for to this end you have been called, that you may inherit a blessing.

For the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers, but the countenance of the LORD is against the wicked.