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1 Peter 2:11-16

11BelovedἈγαπητοί,AgapētoiG27,IexhortπαρακαλῶparakalōG3870[you],asstrangersandsojourners,toabstainἀπέχεσθαιapechesthaiG568fromfleshlyσαρκικῶνsarkikōnG4559lustsG1939,whichwarστρατεύονταιstrateuontaiG4754againstthesoulψυχῆς·psuchēsG5590;

12havingyourconversationhonestamongtheGentilesἔθνεσινethnesinG1484,that[astothat]inwhichtheyspeakκαταλαλοῦσινkatalalousinG2635againstyouasevildoersκακοποιῶν,kakopoiōnG2555,theymaythrough[your]goodG2570worksG2041, [themselves] witnessing [them],glorifyδοξάσωσινdoxasōsinG1392GodθεὸνtheonG2316in[the]dayἡμέρᾳhēmeraG2250ofvisitationἐπισκοπῆς.¶episkopēsG1984.

13BeinsubjectionG5293[therefore]toeveryhumanἀνθρωπίνῃanthrōpinēG442institutionfortheLord'ssakeδιὰdiaG1223;whetherto[the]kingβασιλεῖbasileiG935assupreme,

14ortorulersassentG3992byhim,forvengeanceἐκδίκησινekdikēsinG1557onevildoersκακοποιῶν,kakopoiōnG2555,andpraiseἔπαινονepainonG1868tothemthatdowell.

15BecausesoG3779isG1510thewillofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,thatbywell-doing ye puttosilencetheignoranceἀγνωσίαν·agnōsianG56ofsenselessmenG444;

16asfreeἐλεύθεροιeleutheroiG1658,andnotashavinglibertyasacloakofmaliceG2549,butasGod's bondmen.

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