Him you love, though you have never seen him; in him you ever believe, though even now you see him not, and you are rejoicing with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

For you well know that not with perishable things, with silver or gold, were you redeemed from the emptiness of your manner of life, received by tradition from your ancestors;

Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, you must love one another from your hearts, fervently.

Let your manner of life before the Gentiles be honest; so that, although they are now slandering you as evil-doers, they may, by beholding your noble conduct, come to glorify God, in the day of visitation.

Live like free men; and yet do not make your freedom a cloak for misconduct, but be the slaves of God.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Reverence God. Honor the Emperor.

In the same way you husbands live with your wives, according to knowledge, honoring your wife as of the weaker sex, yet as an heir with yourself of the grace of life; so that your prayers may not be hindered.

He who would love life and enjoy happy days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile;

so that in future you may not spend your life in the flesh according to men's desires, but in the will of God.

For the time past of life may suffice us to have worked the will of the Gentiles, when we spent our life in lasciviousness, lusts, hard drinking, revelry, banqueting, and abominable idol worship.

The gospel was preached for this cause to those who were dead also, that they might be judged according to men in flesh, but live according to God in spirit.

Above everything have fervent love to one another; for love veils a multitude of sins.

Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ Jesus.