having been begotten again, not with corruptible seed, but with incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever.

Coming to him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by man, but in the sight of God, chosen and precious,

For what praise is due, if, when you are punished for your faults, you endure it patiently? But if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you endure it patiently, this is praiseworthy in the- sight of God.

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, adorned with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is of great price.