Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when he testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

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

Who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

For the time past of our life will suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lusts, excess of wine, reveling, carousing, and abominable idolatries:

For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: