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1 Peter 2:17–22

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Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
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From verse 17

  1. Proverbs 24:21Rank 1 from verse 17
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    21My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

  2. Romans 12:10Rank 2 from verse 17
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    10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

  3. Romans 13:7Rank 3 from verse 17
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    7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

  4. 1 Peter 5:5Rank 4 from verse 17
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    5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  5. Philippians 2:3Rank 5 from verse 17
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    3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

  6. Hebrews 13:1Rank 6 from verse 17
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    1LET brotherly love continue.

  7. 1 Peter 1:22Rank 7 from verse 17
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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

  8. Exodus 20:12Rank 8 from verse 17
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    12¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  9. 1 Timothy 6:1Rank 9 from verse 17
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    1LET as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

  10. 2 Corinthians 7:1Rank 10 from verse 17
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    1HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  11. Leviticus 19:32Rank 11 from verse 17
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    32¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

  12. Ecclesiastes 8:2Rank 12 from verse 17
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    2I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

  13. Matthew 22:21Rank 13 from verse 17
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    21They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

  14. 1 Chronicles 29:20Rank 14 from verse 17
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    20¶ And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king.

  15. Ephesians 5:21Rank 15 from verse 17
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    21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

  16. Proverbs 1:7Rank 16 from verse 17
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    7¶ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  17. Proverbs 23:17Rank 17 from verse 17
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    17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

  18. Psalms 111:10Rank 18 from verse 17
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    10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

  19. Genesis 22:12Rank 19 from verse 17
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    12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

  20. Genesis 42:18Rank 20 from verse 17
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    18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

  21. John 13:35Rank 21 from verse 17
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    35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

  22. 1 Samuel 15:30Rank 22 from verse 17
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    30Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

  23. Genesis 20:11Rank 23 from verse 17
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    11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

  24. Zechariah 11:14Rank 24 from verse 17
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    14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

From verse 18

  1. Titus 2:9–10Rank 1 from verse 18
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    9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

    10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

  2. Colossians 3:22–25Rank 2 from verse 18
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    22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

    23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

    24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

    25But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

  3. Ephesians 6:5–7Rank 3 from verse 18
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    5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

    6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

  4. 1 Timothy 6:1–3Rank 4 from verse 18
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    1LET as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

    2And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

    3If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

  5. Proverbs 3:32Rank 5 from verse 18
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    32For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

  6. Galatians 5:22Rank 6 from verse 18
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  7. James 3:17Rank 7 from verse 18
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    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

  8. Proverbs 8:13Rank 8 from verse 18
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    13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  9. Psalms 101:4Rank 9 from verse 18
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    4A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

  10. 2 Corinthians 10:1Rank 10 from verse 18
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    1NOW I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

  11. Proverbs 11:20Rank 11 from verse 18
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    20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

  12. Titus 3:2Rank 12 from verse 18
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    2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

  13. Proverbs 10:32Rank 13 from verse 18
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    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

From verse 19

  1. Matthew 5:10–12Rank 1 from verse 19
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    10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

  2. 1 Peter 2:20Rank 2 from verse 19
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    20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  3. 1 Peter 3:14–17Rank 3 from verse 19
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    14But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

    15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

    16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

    17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

  4. 1 Corinthians 15:10Rank 4 from verse 19
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    10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  5. Luke 6:32Rank 5 from verse 19
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    32For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

  6. John 15:21Rank 6 from verse 19
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    21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

  7. Romans 13:5Rank 7 from verse 19
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    5Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

  8. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 8 from verse 19
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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  9. 2 Corinthians 8:1Rank 9 from verse 19
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    1MOREOVER, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

  10. 2 Timothy 1:12Rank 10 from verse 19
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    12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

  11. Psalms 119:86Rank 11 from verse 19
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    86All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

  12. Psalms 35:19Rank 12 from verse 19
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    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  13. Psalms 38:19Rank 13 from verse 19
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    19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

  14. Psalms 69:4Rank 14 from verse 19
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    4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

  15. Job 21:27Rank 15 from verse 19
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    27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

  16. Acts 11:23Rank 16 from verse 19
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    23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

From verse 20

  1. 1 Peter 2:19Rank 1 from verse 20
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    19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

  2. 1 Peter 3:17Rank 2 from verse 20
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    17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

  3. Matthew 5:10–12Rank 3 from verse 20
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    10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

  4. 1 Peter 3:14Rank 4 from verse 20
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    14But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

  5. 1 Peter 4:14–16Rank 5 from verse 20
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    14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

    16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

  6. Luke 6:32Rank 6 from verse 20
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    32For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

  7. Ephesians 5:10Rank 7 from verse 20
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    10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

  8. Matthew 5:47Rank 8 from verse 20
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    47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

  9. Matthew 26:67Rank 9 from verse 20
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    67Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

  10. 1 Corinthians 4:11Rank 10 from verse 20
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    11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

  11. Mark 14:65Rank 11 from verse 20
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    65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

  12. Philippians 4:18Rank 12 from verse 20
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    18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

  13. Romans 12:1–2Rank 13 from verse 20
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    1I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

    2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

From verse 21

  1. 1 John 2:6Rank 1 from verse 21
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    6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

  2. Matthew 16:24Rank 2 from verse 21
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    24¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

  3. John 13:15Rank 3 from verse 21
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    15For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

  4. Ephesians 5:2Rank 4 from verse 21
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    2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  5. 1 John 3:16Rank 5 from verse 21
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    16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

  6. 1 Corinthians 11:1Rank 6 from verse 21
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    1BE ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

  7. 1 Peter 2:24Rank 7 from verse 21
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    24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  8. 1 Peter 4:1Rank 8 from verse 21
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    1FORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

  9. Philippians 2:5Rank 9 from verse 21
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    5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

  10. Matthew 11:29Rank 10 from verse 21
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    29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

  11. Acts 14:22Rank 11 from verse 21
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    22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

  12. Romans 8:29Rank 12 from verse 21
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    29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

  13. 1 Peter 3:18Rank 13 from verse 21
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    18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  14. Matthew 10:38Rank 14 from verse 21
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    38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

  15. 1 Peter 3:9Rank 15 from verse 21
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    9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

  16. John 16:33Rank 16 from verse 21
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    33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

  17. Luke 14:26–27Rank 17 from verse 21
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    26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

    27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

  18. 2 Timothy 3:12Rank 18 from verse 21
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    12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

  19. Hebrews 2:10Rank 19 from verse 21
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    10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

  20. Psalms 85:13Rank 20 from verse 21
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    13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

  21. Revelation 12:11Rank 21 from verse 21
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    11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

  22. 1 Peter 1:20Rank 22 from verse 21
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    20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

  23. 1 Thessalonians 3:3Rank 23 from verse 21
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    3That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

  24. 1 Thessalonians 4:2Rank 24 from verse 21
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    2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

  25. Acts 17:3Rank 25 from verse 21
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    3Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

  26. Acts 9:16Rank 26 from verse 21
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    16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

  27. Luke 24:26Rank 27 from verse 21
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    26Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

  28. Luke 9:23–25Rank 28 from verse 21
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    23¶ And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

    24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

    25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

  29. Mark 8:34–35Rank 29 from verse 21
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    34¶ And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

    35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

From verse 22

  1. Isaiah 53:9Rank 1 from verse 22
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    9And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

  2. Hebrews 4:15Rank 2 from verse 22
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    15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

  3. 2 Corinthians 5:21Rank 3 from verse 22
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    21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  4. 1 John 3:5Rank 4 from verse 22
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    5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

  5. 1 John 2:1Rank 5 from verse 22
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    1MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

  6. Hebrews 7:26–27Rank 6 from verse 22
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    26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

    27Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

  7. Revelation 14:5Rank 7 from verse 22
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    5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

  8. Hebrews 9:28Rank 8 from verse 22
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    28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

  9. Luke 23:41Rank 9 from verse 22
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    41And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

  10. John 1:47Rank 10 from verse 22
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    47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

  11. John 8:46Rank 11 from verse 22
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    46Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

  12. Luke 23:47Rank 12 from verse 22
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    47Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

  13. Matthew 27:19Rank 13 from verse 22
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    19¶ When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

  14. Matthew 27:23–24Rank 14 from verse 22
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    23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

    24¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

  15. Matthew 27:4Rank 15 from verse 22
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    4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 2:17

COMBINED MEANING

honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

brotherhood

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1. A body or company of brethren. 2. The bond or relationship between brethren.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 2:18

COMBINED MEANING

subject

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Sense 1: Under the authority, power, control, or obedience of another. Sense 2: Exposed, liable, or bound to the condition named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

froward

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1. Perverse or turned aside from what is right. 2. Contrary or opposed in conduct or response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 2:19

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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conscience

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The inward moral awareness that bears witness concerning one's conduct, accusing or excusing and approving or condemning.

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toward

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1. In the direction of or in relation to. 2. Approaching. 3. Inclined or ready.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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endure

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1. To continue, remain, last, or abide. 2. To bear, tolerate, withstand, or undergo. 3. To persevere without giving way.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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grief

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Sorrow, pain, distress, anguish, trouble, burden, injury, or the cause of such suffering in mind, body, or spirit.

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suffering

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Sense 1: Undergoing or enduring pain, wrong, loss, or death. Sense 2: Allowing or permitting.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 2:20

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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buffeted

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Struck repeatedly with the hands or fists; beaten or treated roughly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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patiently

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Without agitation, uneasiness or discontent; without undue haste or eagerness; with calm and constant diligence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 2:21

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

suffered

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Sense 1: Allowed or permitted. Sense 2: Bore, endured, or underwent pain, loss, or another experience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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leaving

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of leave, meaning to depart, cease from, abandon, forsake, release, permit, entrust, bequeath, cause or allow to remain, omit, exclude, or not take.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

example

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A person, act, event, pattern, representation, or exhibited case set before others for imitation, instruction, admonition, warning, public exposure, or judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

steps

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Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 2:22

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

guile

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Deceit, treachery, fraud, or deceitful cunning used to mislead or entrap.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

2:12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

2:13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

2:14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

2:15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

2:16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

2:17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

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2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

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2:19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

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2:20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

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2:21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

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2:22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

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2:23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

2:25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

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