Clear Conscience
Therefore I always exercise and discipline myself [mortifying my body, deadening my carnal affections, bodily appetites, and worldly desires, endeavoring in all respects] to have a clear (unshaken, blameless) conscience,
Do you want to Enjoy Life?
For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good–whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit). 1
Bless Your Enemies
I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with
Gentle and Peaceful spirit
Let not yours be the [merely] external adorning with [elaborate] interweaving and knotting of the hair, the wearing of jewelry, or changes of clothes; But let it be the inward
Living Epistles
You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly [you are] an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by
Return to the Guardian of Your Souls
For you were going astray like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian (the Bishop) of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25(AMPC) A shepherd
Let the Lord Vindicate You
no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their
Trust Him who Judges Fairly
He did not retaliate when he was insulted, nor threaten revenge when he suffered. He left his case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly. 1 Peter 2:23
A Chosen Race
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God’s] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and
Come to the Living Stone
Come to Him [then, to that] Living Stone which men tried and threw away, but which is chosen [and] precious in God’s sight. 1 Peter 2:4 (AMPC) Peter quoting Scripture