Popular Bible Verses from 1st Peter 3

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But hallow ye the Lord Christ in your hearts, and evermore be ye ready to [do] satisfaction to each man asking you reason of that faith and hope that is in you, but with mildness, and dread, having good conscience; that in that thing that they backbite of you, they be confounded, which challenge falsely your good conversation in Christ.

For the eyes of the Lord be on just men, and his ears on the prayers of them; but the cheer [or the face] of the Lord is on men that do evils.

Of whom be there not without-forth curious adorning of hair, either doing about of gold, either adorning of clothing; but that that is the hid man of heart, in uncorruption, and of mild spirit, [or in uncorruptibility of quiet and mild spirit], which is rich in the sight of God.

For he that will love life, and see good days, constrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak not guile [or that they speak no guile]. And bow he from evil, and do good; seek he peace, and perfectly follow it.

And in faith all of one will, in prayer be ye each suffering with other, lovers of brotherhood, merciful, mild, meek; [Forsooth in faith all of one understanding, or will, in prayer be ye compassionate, or each suffering with other, lovers of fraternity, merciful, mild, meek;] not yielding evil for evil, neither cursing for cursing, but on the contrary blessing; for in this thing ye be called, that ye wield blessing by heritage.

And who is it that shall annoy you, if ye be pursuers and lovers of goodness?

And bow he from evil, and do good; seek he peace, and perfectly follow it.

For it is better that ye do well, and suffer, if the will of God will, than doing evil. [Soothly it is better, if the will of God will, ye well-doing, to suffer, than evil-doing.]