Portal:Covenant Press

“ Chapter 2 1 Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, 2 as newborn babies, desire the reasonable, unspoiled milk, so that you may grow up to salvation, 3 if [it] so be [that] you tasted that the LORD [is] good, 4 to whom coming—a living stone—having indeed been disapproved of by men, but with God—choice [and] precious, 5 and you yourselves are built up as living stones [into] a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ”

“ But if, doing good and suffering [for it] , you endure, this [is] grace with God, 21 for to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving to you an example, that you may follow His steps, 22 who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in His mouth, 23 who being reviled—was not reviling again, suffering—was not threatening, and was committing Himself to Him who is judging righteously, 24 who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree that having died to sins, we may live to righteousness ”

“ And always [be] ready for defense to everyone who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that [is] in you, with meekness and fear, 16 having a good conscience, so that whenever they speak against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed— [those] who are maligning your good behavior in Christ; 17 for if the will of God wills it, [it is] better to suffer doing good, than doing evil ”