Beloved, I exhort you, as sojourners and strangers, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

having your manner of life among the gentiles honorable; that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Beloved, be not surprised at the fiery trial which is taking place among you to prove you, as though a strange thing were befalling you;