So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

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

And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?

but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

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.

who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure!

Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,

For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.

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

So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:

From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those temporarily residing abroad (in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia, and Bithynia) who are chosen

but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

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

In it he went and preached to the spirits in prison,

They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.