as He who called you is holy, so you must be holy too in all your conduct ??16 for it is written, You shall be holy because I am holy.

It is your vocation; for when Christ suffered for you, he left you an example, and you must follow his footsteps.

In the same way, you wives must be submissive to your husbands, so that even those who will not believe the Word may be won over without a word by the behaviour of their wives,

In the same way you husbands must be considerate in living with your wives, since they are the weaker sex; you must honour them as heirs equally with yourselves of the grace of Life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Lastly, you must all be united, you must have sympathy, brotherly love, compassion, and humility,

You must serve one another, each with the talent he has received, as efficient stewards of God's varied grace.

If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

None of you must suffer as a murderer or a thief or a bad character or a revolutionary;

but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed, he must rather glorify God for that.

You younger men must also submit to the presbyters. Indeed you must all put on the apron of humility to serve one another, for the haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace.