In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

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.

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

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

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.

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.

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.

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

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

The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you, and so does Mark, my son.

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.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

Let your beauty not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes –

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

So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.

So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.

Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.