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If you fulfil the law of God by this, as it is written, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, you do well:

You believe that there is one God; you do well. The devils also believe, and they tremble.

And the scripture was fulfilled which said, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

By it we bless the LORD and the Father; and by it we curse men, who are made in the image of God:

O you adulterers! Do you not know that the love for worldly things is enmity with God? Whosoever, therefore, esteems worldly things is the enemy of God.

But our LORD has given us abundant grace. Therefore he said, God humbles the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist Satan, and he will flee from you.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, O you sinners! And purify your hearts, O you of doubtful mind!

Who have been chosen by the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to be obedient and to sprinkle the blood of our LORD Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace, be multiplied.

Blessed be God, the Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, who by his abundant mercy has again renewed us spiritually to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

While you are kept by the power of God through faith, for the life eternal which is ready to be revealed at the last time.

Who by him do believe in God, who raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might rest on God.

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

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

The one to whom you are coming is the living stone, whom men have rejected, and yet he is chosen and precious with God;

You also, as living stones, build up yourselves and become spiritual temples and holy priests to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

You, who in the past were not considered a people, but who are now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but who now have mercy poured out upon you.

And let your conduct be good before all men, so that those who speak evil words against you, may see your good works and glorify God at the day of trial.

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

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