in which you rejoice, though now for a little while, since it is needful, you are in sorrow under various temptations;

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:

not repaying evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the other hand, blessing, since you know that for this end you were called, that you might inherit blessing.

Since, then, Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, do you also arm yourselves with the same determination; for he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,