Study Desk

God will bless you for this, if you endure the pain of undeserved suffering because you are conscious of his will.

because they will see how pure and reverent your conduct is.

In the same way you husbands must live with your wives with the proper understanding that they are more delicate than you. Treat them with respect, because they also will receive, together with you, God's gift of life. Do this so that nothing will interfere with your prayers.

Do not pay back evil with evil or cursing with cursing; instead, pay back with a blessing, because a blessing is what God promised to give you when he called you.

Since Christ suffered physically, you too must strengthen yourselves with the same way of thinking that he had; because whoever suffers physically is no longer involved with sin.

Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins.

Happy are you if you are insulted because you are Christ's followers; this means that the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is resting on you.

If you suffer, it must not be because you are a murderer or a thief or a criminal or a meddler in other people's affairs.

However, if you suffer because you are a Christian, don't be ashamed of it, but thank God that you bear Christ's name.

So then, those who suffer because it is God's will for them, should by their good actions trust themselves completely to their Creator, who always keeps his promise.

Leave all your worries with him, because he cares for you.

Be firm in your faith and resist him, because you know that other believers in all the world are going through the same kind of sufferings.

So we are even more confident of the message proclaimed by the prophets. You will do well to pay attention to it, because it is like a lamp shining in a dark place until the Day dawns and the light of the morning star shines in your hearts.

Even so, many will follow their immoral ways; and because of what they do, others will speak evil of the Way of truth.

The Lord is not slow to do what he has promised, as some think. Instead, he is patient with you, because he does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants all to turn away from their sins.

However, the command I now write you is new, because its truth is seen in Christ and also in you. For the darkness is passing away, and the real light is already shining.

But if we hate others, we are in the darkness; we walk in it and do not know where we are going, because the darkness has made us blind.

I write to you, my children, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of Christ.

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.

I write to you, my children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong; the word of God lives in you, and you have defeated the Evil One.