whom having not seen ye love; in whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing ye rejoice with joy ineffable and full of glory; receiving the end of your faith,

And if ye call upon the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

Be subject therefore to every human form of government, for the Lord's sake: whether it be to a king as supreme;

For so is the will of God, that by your good behaviour ye may silence the ignorance of foolish men:

For so also formerly the holy women, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being submissive to their husbands; as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him her lord:

"For he that would desire life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile;

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as a malefactor, or as an intermeddler with other people's affairs.

The church in Babylon, chosen together with you saluteth you, and so doth Marcus my son.