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wherein ye will rejoice for ever, notwithstanding ye at the present time are pressed a little, by the various trials that pass over you;

And they searched for the time which the Spirit of the Messiah dwelling in them did show and testify, when the sufferings of the Messiah were to occur, and his subsequent glory.

12 And it was revealed to them, [fn] all they were searching, that, not for themselves were they inquiring, but for us they were prophesying of those things, which are now manifested to you by means of the things we have announced to you, by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things the angels also desire to look into.

Wherefore, gird up the loins of your minds. and be awake perfectly, and wait for the joy, which will come to you at the revelation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

who was predestined to this, before the foundation of the world; and was manifested at the termination of the times, for your sakes;

like persons born again, not of seed that perisheth, but of that which doth not perish, by the living word of God, who abideth for ever.

but the word of our God abideth for ever: and this is the word that is announced to you.

And ye also, as living stones, are builded and become spiritual temples, and holy priests, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices, acceptable before God, through Jesus the Messiah.

For it is said in the scripture, Behold, in Zion I lay a chosen and precious stone, for the head of the corner; and whoever believeth in him, will not be ashamed.

My beloved, I entreat you as strangers and pilgrims, separate yourselves from all lusts of the body; for they war against the soul.

And be ye submissive to all the sons of men, for God's sake; to kings, on account of their authority;

and to judges, because they are sent by him for the punishment of offenders, and for the praise of them that do well.

For so is the pleasure of God, that by your good deeds ye may stop the mouth of the foolish, who know not God:

as free men, yet not like men who make their freedom a cloak for their wickedness, but as the servants of God.

For there is favor before God for them who, for the sake of a good conscience, endure sorrows that come upon them wrongfully.

For unto this were ye called; because the Messiah also died for us, and left us this pattern, that ye should walk in his steps.

And he took away all our sins, and, in his body, lifted them to the cross; that we, when dead to sin, might live by his righteousness: for by his wounds, ye are healed.

25 For ye, [fn] went astray, like sheep; but ye have now returned to the Shepherd and Curator of your souls.

For so also the holy women of old, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, and were subject to their husbands:

And that ye recompense to no one evil for evil, neither railing for railing; but, in contrariety to these, that ye bless: for to this were ye called, that ye might inherit a blessing.