And since you call on the Father, who, without respect of persons, judges according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass; the grass withers, and its flower fails away: but the word of the Lord abides forever: and this is the word which has been preached as gospel to you.

Coming to him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by man, but in the sight of God, chosen and precious,

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the king, as supreme ruler,

For such is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men;

Honor all men; love the brotherhood; reverence God; honor the king.

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, adorned with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is of great price.

so that he no longer lives the rest of his time in the flesh, according to the desires of men, but according to the will of God.

For this cause, indeed, even those who have died had the gospel preached to them, that though they might be judged according to the will of men in the flesh, yet they might live according to the will of God in the spirit.

If any man speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God: if any man acts as a deacon, let him do this as from the strength which God supplies; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and strength from age to age. Amen.

for no one of you should suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

And if the righteous man is hardly saved, where shall the ungodly man and the sinner appear?