Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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1 Again, you married women should submit to
your husbands, so that if any of them reject the
Message, they may, apart from the Message, be
won over,
2 by the conduct of their wives, as
they watch your submissive and blameless conduct.
3 Yours
should be, not the external adornment of the arrangement
of the hair, the wearing of jewelry, or the putting
on of dresses,
4 but the inner life with the imperishable
beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit; for this is very precious
in God's sight.
5 It was by this that the holy women of old,
who rested their hopes on God, adorned themselves; submitting
to their husbands,
6 as Sarah did, who obeyed Abraham,
and called him master. And you are her true children, as long
as you live good lives, and let nothing terrify you. note
7 Again, those of you who are married men should live
considerately with their wives, showing due regard to their
sex, as weaker than their own, and not forgetting that they
share with you in the gift of Life. Then you will be able to
pray without hindrance.
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8 Lastly, you should all be united, sympathetic,
full of brotherly love, kind-hearted, humble-minded;
never returning evil for evil,
9 or abuse
for abuse, but, on the contrary, blessing. It was
to this that you were called—to obtain a blessing!
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‘He who would enjoy life
And see happy days—
Let him keep his tongue from evil
And his lips from deceitful words,
11
Let him turn from evil and do good,
Let him seek for peace and follow after it;
12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And his ears are attentive to their prayers,
But the face of the Lord is set against those who do wrong.’ note
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13 Who, indeed, is there to harm you, if you prove
yourselves to be eager for what is good?
14 Even if
you should suffer for righteousness, count yourselves
blessed! ‘Do not let men terrify you, or
allow yourselves to be dismayed.’
15 Revere the Christ as Lord in
your hearts; always ready to give an answer to any one who
asks your reason for the hope that you cherish, but giving it
humbly and in all reverence, note
16 and keeping your consciences
clear, so that, whenever you are maligned, those who vilify
your good and Christian conduct may be put to shame.
17 It is
better that you should suffer, if that should be God's will, for
doing right, than for doing wrong.
18 For Christ himself died
to atone for sins once for all—the good on behalf of the bad—
that he might bring you to God; his body being put to death,
but his spirit entering upon new Life.
19 And it was then that
he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits,
20 who once were
disobedient, at the time when God patiently waited, in the
days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared; in which
some few lives, eight in all, were saved by means of water.
21 And baptism, which this foreshadowed, now saves you—not
the mere cleansing of the body, but the search of a clear
conscience after God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who has gone into Heaven,
22 and is at God's right hand, where
Angels and Archangels and the Powers of Heaven now yield
submission to him. note
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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