And if ye invoke him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, conduct yourselves during the time of your sojourning with [jealous] fear:

"For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man, as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower of it falleth off:"

Whom approaching, as the living stone, rejected indeed of men, but elect of God, and honourable,

For such is the will of God, that by well doing ye hold under restraint the ignorance of foolish men:

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

For this is gracious conduct, if for conscience towards God, any man undergo sorrows, suffering wrongfully.

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, with that incorruptible ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God highly valuable.

not returning evil for evil, or railing for railing; but, contrariwise, wishing men every blessing; knowing that hereunto ye have been called, that ye should inherit the [divine] benediction.

but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be always ready with your reply to every man who demands a reason respecting the hope which is in you with meekness and fear:

For to this end was the gospel preached to those that are dead, that they might be judged indeed in the flesh according to the will of men, but live in spirit according to the will of God.

If any man speak, let it be agreeably to the oracles of God; if any man act as a deacon, let it be from the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory and might for ever and ever. Amen.

But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him give glory to God on this very account.

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