4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, 1and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven" for you, 5 " Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

6 • Wherein ye greatly rejoice, P 2 Cor. 4. 17. though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through q manifold temptations:

ch. 5. 10.

q James 1. 2. r James 1. 3. ch. 4. 12.

$ Job 23. 10.
Ps. 66. 10.
Prov. 17. 3.
Zech. 13. 9.
1 Cor. 3. 13.
t Rom. 2. 7,
10. 1 Cor. 4.

5. 2 Thess.
1. 7.

u 1 John 4. 20. John 20. 29.

2 Cor. 5. 7.
Heb. 11. 1.

y Rom. 6. 22. z Gen. 49. 10. Dan. 2. 44. Hag. 2. 7. Zech. 6. 12. Matt. 13. 17. Luke 10. 24. 2 Pet. 1. 19.

a ch. 3. 19.

2 Pet. 1. 21.

b Ps. 22. 6.
Is. 53. 3.

Dan. 9. 26.
Luke 24. 25,
26, 44, 46.
John 12. 41.
Acts 26. 22.

c Dan. 9. 24.
& 12. 9, 13.

7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

t

d not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

h

f

g

13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

i

k

14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

15 m But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

16 Because it is written, "Be ye holy; for I am holy.

17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, Ppass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

A. D. about 60.

d Heb. 11. 13.

e Acts 2. 4. f Ex. 25. 20. Dan. 8. 13. Eph. 3. 10.

Luke 12. 35. + Gr. perfectly.

Eph. 6. 14.

h Luke 21. 34. Rom. 13. 13.

1 Thess. 5. 6. i Luke 17. 30. 1 Cor. 1. 7. 2 Thess. 1. 7. k Rom. 12. 2. ch. 4. 2.

1 Acts 17. 30.

1 Thess. 4. 5. m 2 Cor. 7. 1. 1 Thess. 4. 3. Heb. 12. 14. 2 Pet. 3. 11. n Lev. 11. 44.

Deut. 10. 17.

Acts 10. 34.
Rom. 2. 11.

P 2 Cor. 7. 1.

Phil. 2. 12. Heb. 12. 28. q 2 Cor. 5. 6. Heb. 11. 13. ch. 2. 11.

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible r 1 Cor. 6. 20. things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

t

19 But with the precious blood of Christ, "as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

21 Who by him do believe in God, z that raised him up from the dead, and a gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

b

s Ez. 20. 18.
ch. 4. 3.

t Acts 20. 28.
Eph. 1. 7.
Heb. 9. 12.
Rev. 5. 9.

u Ex. 12. 5.
Is. 53. 7.

John 1. 29. 36. 1 Cor. 5.7. x Rom. 3. 25. & 16. 25, 26. Eph. 3. 9, 11. Col. 1. 26. 2 Tim. 1. 9. Tit. 1. 2, 3. Rev. 13. 8. y Gal. 4. 4. Eph. 1. 10. Heb. 1. 2. z Acts 2. 24.

Acts 2. 33. Eph. 1. 20.

22 Seeing ye have purified your a Matt. 28. 18. 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:

23 dBeing born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

24 || For fall flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

Phil. 2. 9.
Heb. 2. 9.

b Acts 15. 9.
c Rom. 12. 9.
1 Thess. 4.9.
1 Tim. 1. 5.
Heb. 13. 1.

₫ John 1. 13.

e James 1. 18. 1 John 3. 9.

Or, For

that.

f Ps. 103. 15.

Is. 40. 6.

The corner stone in Zion.

A. D. about 60.

g Ps. 102. 12, 26. Is. 40. 8. Luke 16. 17.

h John 1. 1,

14. 1 John 1. 1, 3.

a Eph. 4. 22. Col. 3. 8. Heb. 12. 1. James 1. 21.

b Matt. 18. 3. Mark 10. 15. Rom. 6. 4. 1 Cor. 14. 20.

c 1 Cor. 3. 2.

Heb. 5. 12. d Ps. 34. 8. Heb. 6. 5.

e Ps. 118. 22. Matt. 21. 42. Acts 4. 11. f Eph. 2. 21. || Or, be ye built.

g Heb. 3. 6.

h Is. 61. 6.

i Hos. 14. 2. Mal. 1. 11. Rom. 12. 1. Heb. 13. 15. k Phil. 4. 18. 1 Is. 28. 16. Rom. 9. 33.

m Ps. 118. 22. Matt. 21. 42. Acts 4. 11.

|| Or, an hon

our.

n Is. 8. 14. Luke 2. 34. Rom. 9. 33. o 1 Cor. 1. 23. p Ex. 9. 16.

Rom. 9. 22.

Jude 4.

1

i

h

6 Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious but unto them which be disobedient, m the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

8 " And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which

1 Thess. 5. 9. stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were ap

q Deut. 10. 15.

r Ex. 19. 5, 6. pointed.

Rev. 1. 6.

s John 17. 19. 1 Cor. 3. 17.

2 Tim. 1. 9.

Or, a pur

la peculiar people; that ye should chased people. shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of " darkness into his marvellous light:

|| Or, virtues.

t Deut. 4. 20.

Acts 20. 28.
Eph. 1. 14.
Tit. 2. 14.

u Acts 26. 18. Eph. 5. 8.

Col. 1. 13.

x Hos. 1. 9. . Rom. 9. 25,

f

Sundry duties enjoined.

that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well.

i

A. D. about 60.

Rom. 13. 4.
Tit. 2. 8.

g Rom. 13. 3.

i Gal. 5. 1, 13.

15 For so is the will of God, that h with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : 16 As free, and not using your lib-+ erty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 17 Honour all men. 1 m Love the brotherhood. the king.

n Fear God. Honour

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

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

20 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. 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

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

X

Gr. having. Cor. 7. 22.

1

1 Rom. 12. 10. Phil. 2. 3.

Or, Esteem.

m Heb. 13. 1.

n Prov. 24. 21. Matt. 22. 21. Rom. 13. 7. o Eph. 6. 5. Col. 3. 22. 1 Tim. 6. 1. Tit. 2. 9.

Il Or, thank, Luke 6. 32.

p Matt. 5. 10. Rom. 13. 5. ch. 3. 14. q ch. 3. 14.

Or, thank.

|| Some read,

for you.

r Matt. 16. 24. Acts 14. 22.

1 Thess. 3. 3. 2 Tim. 3. 12. s ch. 3. 18.

t John 13. 15. Phil. 2. 5.

1 John 2. 6.

mitted his cause.

23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed him- Or, comself to him that judgeth righteously: 24 z Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, | || Or, to. a that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

God: which had not obtained mercy,

y

1 Thess. 5. 4. but now have obtained mercy. 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, 2 abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

y Chr. 29. 15. Ps. 39. 12. Heb. 11. 13. z Rom. 13. 14. Gal. 5. 16.

a James 4. 1. b Rom. 12. 17.

a

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

2 Cor. 8. 21.

Phil. 2. 15. Tit. 2. 8.

c Matt. 5. 16.

Luke 19. 44.

e Rom. 13. 1. Tit. 3. 1.

C

13 Submit yourselves to every ord Matt. 22. 21. dinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them

u Is. 53. 9.
Luke 23. 41.
John 8. 46.
2 Cor. 5. 21..
Heb. 4. 15.

x 18. 53. 7.
Matt. 27. 39.
John 8. 48.
Heb. 12., 3.

y Luke 23. 46.. z Is. 53. 4. Matt. 8. 17. Heb. 9. 28.

a Rom. 6. 2, 11. & 7. 6. b 1s. 53. 5.

c Is. 53. 6. Ez. 34. 6.

d Ez. 34. 23. John 10. 11. Heb. 13. 20. ch. 5. 4.

a 1 Cor. 14.34. Eph. 5. 22. Col. 3. 18. Tit. 2. 5.

b 1 Cor. 7. 16.

c Matt. 18. 15. 1 Cor. 9. 1922.