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\v 1 Therefore, do not act maliciously in any way or deceive others. Do not be hypocrites, and do not envy others. Do not ever speak evil about anyone untruthfully.
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\v 2 Just as newborn babies long for their mothers' pure milk, you should desire to learn true things from God, so that by learning it you may become like adults in trusting him. You must do this until the time when God sets you completely free from all the evil in this world.
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\q But now he has acted mercifully toward you."
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\v 11 You people whom I love, I urge you to think about this: you are like foreigners whose real home is in heaven. So you should not do the sinful things you used to want to do, because if you do them, you will not be able to live well with God.
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\v 12 Keep behaving in a good way among those who do not know God. If you do that, although they may say that you do what is evil, they will see that you are doing things, and at the time when God comes to judge everyone, they will honor him.
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\v 13 Because you wish to honor the Lord Jesus, obey everyone who has proper authority. This includes the king, who has the greatest power,
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\v 14 and governors, whom he sends to punish those who do what is wrong and to praise those who do what is right.
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\v 17 Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Honor God, and honor the king.
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\v 18 You slaves who are believers, submit yourselves to your masters and completely respect them. Submit yourselves not only to those who act in a good and kind way towards you, but also submit yourselves to those who act in a harsh way towards you.
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\v 18 You slaves who are believers, submit yourselves to your masters and completely respect them. Submit yourselves not only to those who act in a good and kind way toward you, but also submit yourselves to those who act in a harsh way toward you.
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\v 19 You should do that because God is pleased with those who, knowing that he is aware of what is happening to them, endure the pain that they suffer because their masters have treated them unjustly.
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\v 20 God will certainly not be pleased with you if you do something that is wrong and then they beat you for that. But if you do what is good and still suffer harm, you are suffering for doing what is good. If you endure that, God will praise you.
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\v 24 He himself endured the punishment for our sins in his body when he died on the cross, in order that we would stop sinning and start living rightly.
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\p It is because they wounded him that God has healed you.
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\v 25 Truly you were like sheep that had become lost, but now you have returned to Jesus, who cares for you as a shepherd cares for his sheep.
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