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1 Peter 2:12-20

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.

17Shew honourtoall,loveἀγαπᾶτε,agapateG25thebrotherhoodἀδελφότηταadelphotētaG81,fearφοβεῖσθε,phobeistheG5399GodθεὸνtheonG2316, honourthekingβασιλέαbasileaG935.

18Servants, [be]subjectὑποτασσόμενοιhupotassomenoiG5293withallfearφόβῳphobōG5401toyourmastersδεσπόταις,despotaisG1203,notonlyG3440tothegoodἀγαθοῖςagathoisG18andgentleἐπιεικέσιν,epieikesinG1933,butalsoG2532totheill-tempered.

19Forthis[is] acceptable,ifoneG5100,forconscienceσυνείδησινsuneidēsinG4893sakeδιὰdiaG1223towardsGodθεοῦtheouG2316,enduregriefs,sufferingπάσχωνpaschōnG3958unjustly.

20Forwhatglory [isit],ifsinningἁμαρτάνοντεςhamartanontesG264andbeing buffeted yeshallbear [it]?butif,doinggoodἀγαθοποιοῦντεςagathopoiountesG15andsufferingπάσχοντεςpaschontesG3958, yeshallbear [it],thisisacceptablewithGodθεῷ.theōG2316.

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