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1 Peter 2:12-20

12havingyourbehaviorseemlyamongtheGentilesἔθνεσινethnesinG1484;that, whereintheyspeakκαταλαλοῦσινkatalalousinG2635againstyouasevil-doers,theymaybyyourgoodG2570worksG2041,whichtheybehold,glorifyδοξάσωσινdoxasōsinG1392GodθεὸνtheonG2316inthedayἡμέρᾳhēmeraG2250ofvisitationἐπισκοπῆς.¶episkopēsG1984.

13BesubjectὙποτάγητεHupotagēteG5293toeveryordinanceofmanfortheLord’ssakeδιὰdiaG1223:whethertothekingβασιλεῖbasileiG935,assupreme;

14oruntogovernorsἡγεμόσινhēgemosinG2232,assentG3992byhimforvengeanceἐκδίκησινekdikēsinG1557onevil-doersandforpraiseἔπαινονepainonG1868tothemthatdowell.

15ForsoG3779isG1510thewillofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,thatbywell-doing yeshouldputtosilencetheignoranceἀγνωσίαν·agnōsianG56offoolishἀφρόνωνaphronōnG878menG444:

16asfreeἐλεύθεροιeleutheroiG1658,andnotusingyourfreedomἐλευθερίαν,eleutherianG1657foracloakofwickednessG2549,butasbondservantsofGodθεοῦtheouG2316.

17Honorτιμήσατε,timēsateG5091allmen.Loveἀγαπᾶτε,agapateG25thebrotherhoodἀδελφότηταadelphotētaG81.Fearφοβεῖσθε,phobeistheG5399GodθεὸνtheonG2316.Honorτιμᾶτε.¶timateG5091thekingβασιλέαbasileaG935.

18Servants,beinsubjectionG5293toyourmastersδεσπόταις,despotaisG1203withallfearφόβῳphobōG5401;notonlyG3440tothegoodἀγαθοῖςagathoisG18andgentleἐπιεικέσιν,epieikesinG1933,butalsoG2532tothefroward.

19Forthisisacceptable,ifforconscienceσυνείδησινsuneidēsinG4893towardGodθεοῦtheouG2316amanG3778endureth griefs,sufferingπάσχωνpaschōnG3958wrongfully.

20Forwhatgloryisit,if,whenyesinG264,andarebuffetedforit, yeshalltakeitpatiently?butif,whenyedowell,andsufferπάσχοντεςpaschontesG3958forit, yeshalltakeitpatiently,thisisacceptablewithGodθεῷ.theōG2316.

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