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

Honour all men. Love your brethren. Fear God. Honour the king.

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

What praise have they who endure suffering because of their faults? But when you do good, and are made to suffer, and you take it patiently, then your glory is greater with God.

But adorn yourselves by the spiritual man within you, with meek pride which is incorruptible and an ornament which is rich in the sight of God.

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

For it is better, if it is the will of God, that you suffer for good deeds, rather than for evil doing.

For Christ also once suffered for our sins, a just man for sinners, that he might bring you to God, wherefore while he died in the flesh, he lives in the Spirit.

Those who in the past were disobedient; and in the days of Noah, when the Spirit of God had patience, he commanded an ark to be made in the hope of their repentance, but only eight souls entered into it, and were saved by it floating upon the water.

You also are saved in that very manner by baptism, not merely by washing the filth from the body, but by confessing God with a clean conscience, and by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Who is taken up to heaven, and is at the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

That he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

And they shall answer to God who is to judge the quick and the dead.

For, for this cause the gospel was preached also to those who are dead: that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, and live according to God in spirit.

So let everyone of you according to the gift he has received from God, minister the same to your fellowmen, like good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

If any man preach, let him preach the word of God; and if any man minister, let him do it according to the ability which God has given him: so that in everything you do, God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs glory and honour for ever and ever. Amen.

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you: for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you.

If any man suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorify God through that very name.

For the time is come that judgment must begin with the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to him in well doing, as to a faithful Creator.