that the genuineness of your faith--a thing far more precious than gold, which is perishable, yet has to be tested by fire--may win praise and glory and honour at the Appearing of Jesus Christ.

Come to Him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God's eyes choice and precious;

It is to you, then, who believe in him that he is precious, but to those who do not believe he is 'a stone which, though rejected by the builders, has now itself become the corner-stone,'

Again, those of you who are married men should live considerately with their wives, showing due regard to their sex, as weaker than their own, and not forgetting that they share with you in the gift of Life. Then you will be able to pray without hindrance.

It is better that you should suffer, if that should be God's will, for doing right, than for doing wrong.

And it was then that he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits,

Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,

Then, when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will win the crown of glory that never fades.