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1 Peter 3:17-22 (view passage online)
Christ suffers once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring us to God. Baptism now saves us, serving not as the removal of dirt but as the answer of a good conscience toward God. Christ sits at the right hand of God and rules over angels and authorities.
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Romans 15:1-7 (view passage online)
Paul instructs the strong to bear with the scruples of the weak and to please their neighbors for edification. Believers must not please themselves, following the example of Christ who did not please Himself. He prays the God of hope fills the church with all joy and peace in believing.
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1 Peter 3:8-17 (view passage online)
Peter encourages believers to always remain ready to give a defense for their hope with meekness and fear. Christians must keep a good conscience and sanctify the Lord God in their hearts. Believers find it better to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
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1 Peter 3:1-7 (view passage online)
Peter instructs wives to submit to their husbands so they might win unbelieving husbands through their godly conduct. He points to the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. Husbands must dwell with their wives with understanding and give them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life.
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Colossians 1:12-14 (view passage online)
God delivers us from the power of darkness and conveys us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Believers receive redemption through His blood and the forgiveness of sins. We must walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him and bearing fruit.
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1 Peter 2:18-25 (view passage online)
Servants must submit to their masters, even harsh ones. Christ left an example for us when He suffered and bore our sins in His own body on the tree. We went astray like sheep but have now returned to the Shepherd.
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1 Peter 2:13-17 (view passage online)
Believers must abstain from fleshly lusts and submit to human authorities for the Lord’s sake. Doing good silences the ignorance of foolish men according to the will of God. We must honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, and honor the king.
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1 Peter 2:9-12 (view passage online)
Believers must do everything in word or deed in the name of the Lord Jesus. Wives submit to husbands, husbands love wives, children obey parents, and bondservants obey masters. Everyone must do everything as to the Lord.
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Romans 14:1-12 (view passage online)
Believers must receive those weak in faith without quarreling over doubtful things like diets or holy days. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. We will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
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1 Peter 1:19-25 (view passage online)
Believers purify their souls by obeying the truth through the Spirit. They must love one another fervently with a pure heart. Believers experience new birth from incorruptible seed through the living and abiding word of God.