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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the electchosen ones who are sojournersliving ofas foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, |
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according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, untothat obedienceyou andmay sprinklingobey ofJesus theChrist bloodand ofbe Jesussprinkled Christwith his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. |
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begatcaused us to be born again untoto a living hope bythrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, |
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untoto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, andinheritance that fadethdoesnt notfade away, reserved in heavenHeaven for you, |
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who by the power of God are guarded through faith untofor a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. |
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WhereinIn yethis you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, yeyou have been putgrieved to grief in manifoldvarious trials, |
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that the proof of your faith, beingwhich is more precious than gold that perishethperishes, even though it is provedtested by fire, may be found untoto result in praise, and glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:— |
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whom, not having seenknown, yeyou love;. onIn whomhim, though now yeyou dont see him not, yet believing, yeyou rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory:, |
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receiving the endresult of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. |
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Concerning whichthis salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently,. whoThey prophesied of the grace that shouldwould come untoto you:, |
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searching whatfor timewho or what mannerkind of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them didpointed pointto unto, when ithe testifiedpredicted beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that shouldwould follow them. |
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To whomthem it was revealed, that they served not unto themselves, but unto you, didin they minister these things, which now have been announced untoto you through themthose thatwho preached the gospelGood untoNews to you by the Holy Spirit sent forthout from heaven; which things angels desire to look into. |
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WhereforeTherefore girdingprepare upyour theminds loinsfor ofaction. yourBe mindsober, be sober and set your hope perfectlyfully on the grace that iswill to be brought untoto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;— |
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as children of obedience, not fashioningconforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in the time of your ignorance:, |
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but likejust as he who called you is holy, beyou ye yourselves also be holy in all manner of living;your behavior, |
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because it is written, YeYou shall be holy;, for I am holy. |
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AndIf ifyou ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgethjudges according to each mans work, pass the time of your sojourningliving as foreigners here in reverent fear:, |
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knowing that yeyou were redeemed, not with corruptible things, withlike silver or gold, from yourthe vainuseless mannerway of life handed down from your fathers;, |
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but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish andor without spot, even the blood of Christ:, |
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who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifestedrevealed atin thethis endlast ofage the times for your sake, |
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who through him are believers in God, thatwho raised him from the dead, and gave him glory;, so that your faith and hope might be in God. |
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Seeing yeyou have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth untothrough unfeignedthe loveSpirit ofin thesincere brethrenbrotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:, |
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having been begottenborn again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which livethlives and abidethremains forever. |
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For, All flesh is aslike grass, Andand all theof mans glory thereoflike as the flower ofin the grass. The grass witherethwithers, and theits flower falleth:falls; |
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Butbut the Lords word ofendures the Lord abideth for everforever. AndThis this is the word of goodGood tidingsNews which was preached untoto you. |
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Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guiledeceit, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakingsspeaking, |
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as newborn babesbabies, long for the pure spiritual milk, whichthat iswith withoutit guile,you that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;, |
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if yeindeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:. |
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untoCome whomto cominghim, a living stone, rejected indeed ofby men, but withchosen by God elect, precious,. |
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yeYou also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. |
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Because it is contained in scriptureScripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stonecornerstone, elect,chosen and precious:. AndHe hewho thatbelieves believethin on him shallwill not be put to shamedisappointed. |
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For you thereforewho that believe therefore is the preciousness:honor, but for suchthose aswho disbelieveare disobedient, The stone which the builders rejected, Thehas samebecome was made the headchief of the corner;cornerstone, |
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and, Aa stumbling stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence;offense. forFor they stumble at the word, being disobedient:, whereuntoto which also they were appointed. |
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But yeyou are ana electchosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for Gods own possession, that yeyou may showproclaim forth the excellenciesexcellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellousmarvelous light:. |
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whoIn inthe time past, you were nonot a people, but now are theGods people, of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. |
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Beloved, I beseechbeg you as sojournersforeigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;, |
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having yourgood behavior seemly among the Gentiles;nations, so in that, whereinof which they speak against you as evil doersevildoers, they may bysee your good works, whichand they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. |
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BeTherefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake: whether to the king, as supreme;, |
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or untoto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evilevildoers doers and for praise to themthose thatwho do well. |
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For sothis is the will of God, that by well doing yeyou should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:. |
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Live as free people, andyet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. |
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Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear;respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the frowardwicked. |
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For thisit is acceptable,commendable if forsomeone conscienceendures towardpain, Godsuffering aunjustly, manbecause endurethof griefs,conscience sufferingtoward wrongfullyGod. |
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For what glory is it, if, when yeyou sin, andyou arepatiently buffetedendure for it, ye shall take it patientlybeating? butBut if, when yeyou do well, andyou sufferpatiently forendure itsuffering, ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptablecommendable with God. |
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For hereuntoyou were ye called: to this, because Christ also suffered for youus, leaving you an example, that yeyou should follow his steps:, |
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who diddidnt no sin, neither was guiledeceit found in his mouth:. |
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who,When when he was reviledcursed, reviledhe notdidnt again;curse whenback. When he suffered, threatenedhe not;didnt threaten, but committed himself to him thatwho judgethjudges righteously:. |
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whoHe hishimself ownbore self bare our sins in his body uponon the tree, that we, having died untoto sins, might live untoto righteousness;. byYou whosewere stripeshealed yeby werehis healedwounds. |
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For yeyou were going astray like sheep; but are now you have returned untoto the Shepherd and BishopOverseer of your souls. |
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In likethe mannersame way, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;, so that, even if any dont obey not the wordWord, they may without the word be gainedwon by the behavior of their wives; without a word, |
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beholdingseeing your chastepure behavior coupledin with fear. |
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WhoseLet adorningyour letbeauty itcome not befrom the outward adorning of braiding theyour hair, and of wearing jewelsgold ofornaments gold, or of putting on apparel;fine clothing, |
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but letfrom it be the hidden manperson of the heart, in the incorruptible appareladornment of a meekgentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in theGods sight of God of great price. |
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For after this manneris aforetimehow in the past the holy women also, who hoped in God, also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:. |
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asSo Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord:, whose children yeyou now are, if yeyou do well, and are not put in fear by any terror. |
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YeYou husbands, in likethe mannersame way, dwelllive with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor untoto the woman, as untoto the weaker vessel, as also being also joint heirs of the grace of life;, to the end that your prayers bemay not be hindered. |
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Finally, all of you be yelike all likemindedminded, compassionate, loving as brethrenbrothers, tenderhearted, humbleminded:courteous, |
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not rendering evil for evil, or revilinginsult for revilinginsult; but contrariwiseinstead blessing;, forknowing hereuntothat you were yecalled calledto this, that yeyou shouldmay inherit a blessing. |
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For, He thatwho would love life, Andand see good days, Letlet him refrainkeep his tongue from evil, Andand his lips thatfrom theyspeaking speak no guile:deceit. |
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AndLet let him turn away from evil, and do good;. Let him seek peace, and pursue it. |
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For the eyes of the Lord are uponon the righteous, Andand his ears untoopen to their supplication:prayer; Butbut the face of the Lord is uponagainst themthose thatwho do evil. |
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AndNow who is he that will harm you, if yeyou bebecome zealousimitators of that which is good? |
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But even if yeyou should suffer for righteousness sake, blessedyou are ye:blessed. andDont fear notwhat theirthey fear, neither be troubled;. |
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butBut sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. ChristAlways asbe Lord: being ready always to give an answer to everyeveryone manwho thatasks asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meeknesshumility and fear:, |
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having a good conscience;. thatThus, whereinwhile yeyou are spoken against as evildoers, they may be putdisappointed to shame who revilecurse your good mannerway of life in Christ. |
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For it is better, if theit willis ofGods God should so will, that yeyou suffer for well doing what is right than for doing evil doing. |
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Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring usyou to God;, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;Spirit, |
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in whichwhom he also he went and preached untoto the spirits in prison, |
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thatwho aforetimebefore were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the arkship was abeing preparingbuilt. In it, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:. |
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whichThis alsois after a truesymbol likenessof dothbaptism, which now savesaves you, even baptism, —not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogationanswer of a good conscience toward God, —through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;, |
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who is onat the right hand of God, having gone into heaven;, angels and authorities and powers being made subject untoto him. |
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ForasmuchTherefore, thensince as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he thatwho hathhas suffered in the flesh hathhas ceased from sin;, |
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that yeyou no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh tofor the lusts of men, but tofor the will of God. |
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For thewe timehave pastspent mayenough sufficeof toour havepast wroughttime doing the desire of the Gentiles, and tohaving have walked in lasciviousnesslewdness, lusts, winebibbingsdrunken binges, revellingsorgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries:. |
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whereinThey they think it is strange that yeyou dont run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:. |
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whoThey shallwill give account to him thatwho is ready to judge the living and the dead. |
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For untoto this end was the gospelGood News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed accordingas to men in the flesh, but live accordingas to God in the spirit. |
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But the end of all things is atnear. hand:Therefore be ye therefore of sound mind, self controlled, and be sober untoin prayer:. |
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And above all things beingbe ferventearnest in your love among yourselves;, for love coverethcovers a multitude of sins:. |
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usingBe hospitalityhospitable to one to another without murmuring:grumbling. |
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accordingAs as each hathhas received a gift, ministeringemploy it amongin yourselvesserving one another, as good stewardsmanagers of the manifold grace of God; in its various forms. |
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ifIf anyanyone man speakethspeaks, speakinglet it be as it were oraclesthe very words of God;. ifIf anyanyone man ministerethserves, ministeringlet it be as of the strength which God supplieth:supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whoseto iswhom belong the glory and the dominion forforever ever and ever. Amen. |
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Beloved, thinkdont itbe notastonished strangeat concerning the fiery trial amongwhich you,has whichcome cometh upon you to provetest you, as though a strange thing happened untoto you:. |
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butBut insomuchbecause asyou ye are partakers of Christs sufferings, rejoice;, that at the revelation of his glory you also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy. |
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If yeyou are reproachedinsulted for the name of Christ, blessedyou are ye;blessed, because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God restethrests uponon you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified. |
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ForBut let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or as a meddler in other mens matters:. |
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butBut if aone manof sufferyou assuffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this namematter. |
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For the time ishas come for judgment to begin atwith the househousehold of God:. andIf if it beginbegins first atwith us, what shallwill behappen theto endthose ofwho themdont that obey not the gospelGood News of God? |
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AndIf ifit is hard for the righteous isto scarcelybe saved, wherewhat shallwill happen to the ungodly and the sinner appear? |
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WhereforeTherefore let them also thatwho suffer according to the will of God commitin doing good entrust their souls into wellhim, doingas untoto a faithful Creator. |
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TheTherefore I exhort the elders therefore among you I exhort, whoas am a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who amwill also ashare partakerin of the glory that shallwill be revealed: |
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Tendshepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not ofunder constraintcompulsion, but willingly, according to the will of Godvoluntarily; nornot yet for filthydishonest lucregain, but of a ready mindwillingly; |
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neithernot as Lording it over thethose chargeentrusted allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamplesexamples to the flock. |
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AndWhen when the chief Shepherd shallis be manifestedrevealed, yeyou shallwill receive the crown of glory that fadethdoesnt notfade away. |
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Likewise, yeyou younger ones, be subject untoto the elder. YeaYes, all of you girdclothe yourselves with humility, and subject yourselves to serve one another:; for God resistethresists the proud, but givethgives grace to the humble. |
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Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;, |
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casting all your anxietyworries uponon him, because he carethcares for you. |
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Be sober, beand self controlled. Be watchful:. yourYour adversary, the devil, aswalks around like a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:. |
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whomWithstand withstandhim stedfaststeadfast in your faith, knowing that theyour samebrothers sufferingswho are accomplished in yourthe brethrenworld who are inundergoing the worldsame sufferings. |
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AndBut may the God of all grace, who called you untoto his eternal glory inby Christ Jesus, after thatyou ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. |
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To him be the dominionglory forand everthe power forever and ever. Amen. |
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ByThrough Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I accountconsider him, I have written untoto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God: standin yewhich fastyou thereinstand. |
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She thatwho is in Babylon, electchosen together with you, salutethgreets you;. andSo sodoes doth Mark, my son. |
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SaluteGreet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be untoto all of you allwho that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. |