for it is written, "You will be holy, because I [am] holy."

[because you] know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,

[because you] have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

and "A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense," who stumble [because they] disobey the word to which also they were consigned.

For this [finds] favor, if because of consciousness of God someone endures sorrows [while] suffering unjustly.

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps,

not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the other hand blessing [others], because for this [reason] you were called, so that you could inherit a blessing.

Therefore, [because] Christ suffered in the flesh, you also equip yourselves with the same way of thinking, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged {by human standards} in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit {by God's standards}.

Above all, keep your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.

If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, [you are] blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

In the same way, younger men, 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.

casting all your cares on him, because {he cares} for you.

{Resist him}, steadfast in your faith, [because you] know the same [kinds] of sufferings are being accomplished by your community of believers in the world.