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Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

Mar 30

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:19 ESV

Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.

Mar 30

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:17-18 ESV

For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?And "If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?"

Mar 30

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:15 ESV

But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.

Mar 30

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:16 ESV

Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.

Mar 30

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:10 ESV

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:

Mar 30

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:9 ESV

Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.

Mar 25

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:8 ESV

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Mar 25

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:7 ESV

The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

Mar 25

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:2-5 ESV

so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Mar 25

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:6 ESV

For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

Mar 25

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highlighted 1 Peter 4:1 ESV

Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

Mar 25

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highlighted 1 Peter 3:17-21 ESV

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison,because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Mar 24

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highlighted 1 Peter 3:22 ESV

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Mar 24

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highlighted Genesis 34:26-28 ESV

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and went away.The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field.

Mar 9

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highlighted Genesis 15:5-6 ESV

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

Mar 9