I Peter - Verse by Verse

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:10 For, “The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:11 He must turn away from evil and do good;
He must seek peace and pursue it.

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
And His ears attend to their prayer,
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers.”

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:13 And who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good?

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be in dread,

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:15 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, but with gentleness and respect;

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:16 and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who disparage your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.
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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:17 For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all time, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:19 in which He also went and made proclamation to the spirits in prison,

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:20 who once were disobedient when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 3:22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 4:1 Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 4:2 so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human lusts, but for the will of God.

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 4:3 For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of indecent behavior, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries.

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 4:4 In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them in the same excesses of debauchery, and they slander you;

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 4:5 but they will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 4:6 For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as people, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.

 

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(NAS) 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.