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There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you

since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

but the word of the Lord remains forever." And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,"

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.

For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."