knowledge, giving honor to the female, as the weaker vessel, as also
heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not
hindered.

(8)Finally, all being of one mind, sympathizing, loving the brethren,
tender-hearted, humble-minded; (9)not rendering evil for evil, or
railing for railing; but on the contrary blessing, because to this end
ye were called, that ye might inherit blessing.

(10)For he who desires to love life, and to see good days, let him
refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile;
(11)let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and
pursue it. (12)Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,
and his ears are toward their supplications; but the face of the Lord
is against those who do evil. (13)And who is he that shall harm you,
if ye are followers of that which is good? (14)But if ye even suffer
for righteousness' sake, happy are ye; but fear not with their fear,
nor be troubled; (15)but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready
always to give an answer to every one that asks you a reason of the
hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; (16)having a good
conscience, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they
may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good deportment in Christ.
(17)For it is better, if it be the will of God, that ye suffer for
well-doing, than for evil-doing. (18)Because Christ also suffered once
for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God,
being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit; (19)in
which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison, (20)who were
disobedient in times past, when the long-suffering of God waited in
the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, wherein a few, that is,
eight souls, were saved through water; (21)which in an antitype,
immersion, now saves us also (not the putting away of the filth of the
flesh, but the requirement of a good conscience toward God), by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ; (22)who is on the right hand of God,
having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made
subject to him.

IV.

CHRIST then having suffered for us in the flesh, do ye also arm
yourselves with the same mind; because he who suffered in the flesh
has ceased from sin; (2)that ye no longer may live the remaining time
in the flesh by the lusts of men, but by the will of God. (3)For the
time past suffices us to have wrought the will of the