because it hath been written, 'Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

because all flesh is as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

for this is gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears -- to their supplication, and the face of the Lord is upon those doing evil;'

but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy are ye! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

because also Christ once for sin did suffer -- righteous for unrighteous -- that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

if ye be reproached in the name of Christ -- happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,