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who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.
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Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.
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Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,
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or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.
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Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;
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as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
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Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.
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Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.
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For this [is] acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.
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For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable with God.