But as the One who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct;

Household slaves, submit with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.

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

For in the past, the holy women who put their hope in God also beautified themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands,

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all,
the righteous for the unrighteous,
that He might bring you to God,
after being put to death in the fleshly realm
but made alive in the spiritual realm.

In that state He also went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison

Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve—because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin—

For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead, so that, although they might be judged by men in the fleshly realm, they might live by God in the spiritual realm.

Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory.

Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you:

The church in Babylon, also chosen, sends you greetings, as does Mark, my son.