Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you – not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,