If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.

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

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

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

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

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

Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

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

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

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,

Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.

Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth.

save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh.