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But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
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Who in time past [were] not a people, but [are] now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
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Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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Having your manner of life honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
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Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
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For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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Honor all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
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Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
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For this [is] thank-worthy, if a man for conscience towards God endureth grief, suffering wrongfully.