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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1PE.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1PE.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1PE.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1PE.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1PE.2.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1PE.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;He committed no sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1PE.2.22"><span class="content">and no deceit was found in his mouth.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.53.9">Isaiah 53:9</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1PE.2.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1PE.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1PE.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;He himself bore our sins&#8221; in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; &#8220;by his wounds you have been healed.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1PE.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For &#8220;you were like sheep going astray,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:24,25 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.53.4">Isaiah 53:4</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="ISA.53.5">5</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="ISA.53.6">6</span> (see Septuagint)</span></span></span><span class="content"> but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1PE.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1PE.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1PE.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1PE.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God&#8217;s sight. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.3.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Suffering for Doing Good</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.3.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever would love life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">and see good days</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">must keep their tongue from evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">and their lips from deceitful speech.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They must turn from evil and do good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="content">they must seek peace and pursue it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">and his ears are attentive to their prayer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.34.12+PSA.34.13+PSA.34.14+PSA.34.15+PSA.34.16">Psalm 34:12-16</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"></span></div>
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