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   [25] For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the   
   Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.   
      
   1 Peter 3   
      
   Wives and Husbands   
      
   1 (1Co 7:16; Col 3:18) Likewise you wives, be submissive to your own husbands,   
   so that if any do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the   
   conduct of their wives,   
   2 as they see the purity and reverence of your lives.   
   3 (Isa 3:18-24) Do not let your adorning be the outward adorning   
   of braiding the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine clothing.   
   4 (Ro 7:22; Ps 149:4) But let it be the hidden nature of the heart, that which   
   is not corruptible, even the ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is   
   very precious in the sight of God.   
   5 (1Ti 5:5) For in this manner, in the old times, the holy women, who trusted   
   in God, adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,   
   6 (Ge 18:12) even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her   
   children as long as you do right and are not afraid with any terror.   
   7 (Col 3:19; 1Th 4:4) Likewise, you husbands, live considerately with   
   your wives, giving honor to the woman as the weaker vessel,   
   since they too are also heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers   
   will not be hindered.   
      
   [1] Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any   
   obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation   
   of the wives;   
   [2] While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.   
   [3] Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair,   
   and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;   
   [4] But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not   
   corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the   
   sight of God of great price.   
   [5] For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted   
   in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:   
   [6] Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are,   
   as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.   
   [7] Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving   
   honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together   
   of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.   
      
   Suffering for Righteousness' Sake   
      
   8 (Mt 18:33; Ro 12:10) Finally, be all of one mind, be loving toward   
   one another, be gracious, and be kind.   
   9 (Ro 12:17; 12:14; 1Th 5:15) Do not repay evil for evil, or curse for curse,   
   but on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you are called, so that you   
   may receive a blessing.   
   10 (Ps 34:12-16) For   
   "He who would love life   
   and see good days,   
   let him keep his tongue from evil,   
   and his lips from speaking deceit.   
   11 (Ps 34:14; Mt 5:9) Let him turn away from evil and do good;   
   let him seek peace and pursue it.   
   12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,   
   and His ears are open to their prayers;   
   but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."   
   13 (Pr 16:7) Who is he who will harm you if you follow that which is good?   
   14 (1Pe 2:19-20; Isa 8:12-13) But even if you suffer for the sake   
   of righteousness, you are blessed. "Do not be afraid of their terror,   
   do not be troubled."(Isa 8:12.)   
   15 (Col 4:6; Isa 29:23) But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.   
   Always be ready to give an answer to every man who asks you for   
   a reason for the hope that is in you, with   
   gentleness and fear.   
   16 (Heb 13:18; 1Pe 2:12) Have a good conscience so that evildoers who speak   
   evil of you and falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.   
   17 (1Pe 2:20; 4:19) For it is better, if it is the will of God, that you   
   suffer for doing good than for doing evil.   
   18 (1Pe 4:1; Heb 9:26; Ro 4:25) For Christ also has once suffered for sins,   
   the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, being put to death   
   in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit,   
   19 (1Pe 4:6) by whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison,   
   20 (Ge 6:3; 6:5) who in times past were disobedient, when God waited patiently   
   in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is,   
   eight souls, were saved through water.   
   21 (1Pe 1:3; Mk 16:16) Figuratively this is like baptism, which also saves us   
   now. It is not washing off the dirt from the body, but a response to God from   
   a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,   
   22 (Ro 8:38; Mk 16:19) who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand   
   of God, with angels and authorities and powers being made subject to Him.   
      
   [8] Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love   
   as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:   
   [9] Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise   
   blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a   
   blessing.   
   [10] For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his   
   tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:   
   [11] Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.   
   [12] For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open   
   unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.   
   [13] And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is   
   good?   
   [14] But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not   
   afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;   
   [15] But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give   
   an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you   
   with meekness and fear:   
   [16] Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of   
   evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in   
   Christ.   
   [17] For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well   
   doing, than for evil doing.   
   [18] For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust,   
   that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but   
   quickened by the Spirit:   
   [19] By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;   
   [20] Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God   
   waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that   
   is, eight souls were saved by water.   
   [21] The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the   
   putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience   
   toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:   
   [22] Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and   
   authorities and powers being made subject unto him.   
      
   1 Peter 4   
      
   Good Stewards of God's Grace   
   1 (Ro 6:7; 6:2) Therefore, since Christ has suffered for us in the flesh,   
   arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, for he who has suffered in   
   the flesh has ceased from sin,   
   2 (Mk 3:35; Ro 6:11) so that he no longer should live the rest of his time   
   in the flesh serving human desires, but the will of God.   
   3 (Isa 28:7; Eze 44:6) For in earlier times of our lives it may have   
   sufficed us to do what the Gentiles like to do, when we walked in immorality:   
   lusts, drunkenness, carousing, debauchery, and abominable idolatries.   
   4 (1Pe 3:16; 2:12) They are surprised that you do not join them in the same   
   excess of wild living, and so they speak evil of you.   
   5 (Ac 10:42; 2Ti 4:1) They will give account to Him who is ready to judge   
   the living and the dead.   
   6 (1Pe 3:19) For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who   
   are dead, so that even though they might be judged according to men   
      
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