1 Peter 5:5–14

⁵In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; ⁶be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time, ⁷all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

⁸Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up, ⁹whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

¹⁰And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you; ¹¹to Him is the glory, and the power—to the ages and the ages! Amen. ¹²Through Silvanus, to you the faithful brother, as I reckon, through few words I did write, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which ye have stood. ¹³Salute you doth the assembly in Babylon jointly elected, and Markus my son. ¹⁴Salute ye one another in a kiss of love; peace to you all who are in Christ Jesus! Amen.

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