Living Before the World

11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts (A)which war against the soul, 12 (B)having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, (C)they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Submission to Government(D)

13 (E)Therefore submit yourselves to every [a]ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, 14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— 16 (F)as free, yet not (G)using liberty as a cloak for [b]vice, but as bondservants of God. 17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear (H)God. Honor the king.

Submission to Masters(I)

18 (J)Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 19 For this is (K)commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For (L)what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For (M)to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for [c]us, (N)leaving [d]us an example, that you should follow His steps:

22 “Who(O) committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

23 (P)who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but (Q)committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 (R)who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, (S)that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—(T)by whose [e]stripes you were healed. 25 For (U)you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned (V)to the Shepherd and [f]Overseer of your souls.

Submission to Husbands

Wives, likewise, be (W)submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, (X)they, without a word, may (Y)be won by the conduct of their wives,

Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:13 institution
  2. 1 Peter 2:16 wickedness
  3. 1 Peter 2:21 NU you
  4. 1 Peter 2:21 NU, M you
  5. 1 Peter 2:24 wounds
  6. 1 Peter 2:25 Gr. Episkopos

28 (A)There is neither Jew nor Greek, (B)there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all (C)one in Christ Jesus.

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22 For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is (A)the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is (B)Christ’s slave.

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31 Then (A)God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

The Garden of Eden

Thus the heavens and the earth, and (B)all the host of them, were finished. (C)And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

27 So God created man (A)in His own image; in the image of God He created him; (B)male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, (C)“Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and (D)subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that [a]moves on the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:28 moves about on

15 Then the Lord God took [a]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to [b]tend and keep it.

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  1. Genesis 2:15 Or Adam
  2. Genesis 2:15 cultivate

17 Then to Adam He said, (A)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (B)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

(C)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(D)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [a]bring forth for you,
And (E)you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 (F)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(G)For dust you are,
And (H)to dust you shall return.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:18 cause to grow

Bondservants and Masters

(A)Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, (B)with fear and trembling, (C)in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; (D)not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, (E)knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that [a]your own (F)Master also is in heaven, and (G)there is no partiality with Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:9 NU He who is both their Master and yours is

22 (A)Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God. 23 (B)And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24 (C)knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; (D)for[a] you serve the Lord Christ. 25 But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and (E)there is no partiality.

Christian Graces; Final Greetings

Masters,(F) give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:24 NU omits for

Honor Masters

Let as many (A)bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren, but rather serve them because those who are benefited are believers and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

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Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged

Come now, you (A)rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! Your (B)riches [a]are corrupted, and (C)your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (D)You have heaped up treasure in the last days. Indeed (E)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and (F)the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of [b]Sabaoth. You have lived on the earth in pleasure and [c]luxury; you have [d]fattened your hearts [e]as in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:2 have rotted
  2. James 5:4 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
  3. James 5:5 indulgence
  4. James 5:5 Lit. nourished
  5. James 5:5 NU omits as

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