to whom it was revealed that they ministered not to themselves but to us those things which have now been declared to you by those who preached to you the good news, with the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, into which the angels desire to look.

and a stone of stumbling and rock of offense, who stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

having your conduct honorable among the gentiles, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, from the good works which they see they may glorify God in the day of visitation,

In like manner let the women be subject to their husbands, that even if some disobey the word, they may be gained through the conduct of their wives without the word,

having a good conscience, that in what they speak evil of you they may be ashamed who slander your good conduct in Christ.

in which they think it strange that you run not with them to the same excessive intemperance, blaspheming,

And for this cause was the gospel preached also to the dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the Spirit.