whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing in Him you exult with unspeakable joy, and having been glorified,

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers,

Purifying your souls in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, love one another fervently out of a pure heart,

Honor all. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that dying to sins, we might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

Likewise, husbands, live together according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, the female, as truly being co-heirs together of the grace of life, not cutting off your prayers.

For he that wants to love life and to see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile.

in order no longer to live in the lusts of men, but in the will of God the remaining time in the flesh.

For the time of life which is past is enough for us to have worked out the will of the nations, having gone on in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, parties, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

For to this end the gospel was preached also to the dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the Spirit.

And above all things have fervent love to yourselves, for love will cover a multitude of sins.

Greet one another with a kiss of holy love. Peace be to you, all those in Christ Jesus. Amen.