1 Peter 2:11-25 (New American Standard)
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1Beloved, 2I urge you as 3aliens and strangers to abstain from 4fleshly lusts which wage 5war against the soul.
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6Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they 7slander you as evildoers, they may abecause of your good deeds, as they observe them, 8glorify God 9in the day of bvisitation.
Honor Authority
13 10Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 14 or to governors as sent cby him 11for the punishment of evildoers and the 12praise of those who do right. 15 For d13such is the will of God that by doing right you may 14silence the ignorance of foolish men. 16 Act as 15free men, and edo not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as 16bondslaves of God. 17 17Honor all people, 18love the brotherhood, 19fear God, 20honor the fking. 18 21Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and 22gentle, but also to those who are gunreasonable. 19 For this finds hfavor, if for the sake of 23conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience ? But if 24when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds ifavor with God.Christ Is Our Example
21 For 25you have been called for this purpose, 26since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you 27an example for you to follow in His steps, 22 WHO 28COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH ; 23 jand while being 29reviled, He did not revile in return ; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously ; 24 and He Himself k30bore our sins in His body on the l31cross, so that we 32might die to msin and live to righteousness ; for 33by His nwounds you were 34healed. 25 For you were 35continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the 36Shepherd and oGuardian of your souls.New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California. All rights reserved. (New American Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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