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1	Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

2	as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

3	if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

4	unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

5	ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6	Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

7	For you therefore which believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

8	and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

9	But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for {cf15i God-s} own possession, that ye may shew forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

10	which in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

11	Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

12	having your behaviour seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

13	Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord-s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

14	or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.

15	For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

16	as free, and not using your freedom for a cloke of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

17	Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

18	Servants, {cf15i be} in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

19	For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

20	For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted {cf15i for it}, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer {cf15i for it}, ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

21	For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

22	who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

23	who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed {cf15i himself} to him that judgeth righteously:

24	who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

25	For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.