When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

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

by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you.

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

He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

or to governors as those he commissions to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do good.

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.

They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.

And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand

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

But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name.

So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.

So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,

For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.