Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
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Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,
2 to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people.
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to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, captives of various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
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At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
4 But when the goodness and love for man appeared from God our Savior,
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But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,
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