Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.
1 Peter 3:8 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.3.8.NLT
I need to sympathize with others and love them. I need to be tenderhearted and keep a humble attitude.
It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you. For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.
1 Peter 2:15-16 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.2.15-16.NLT
I need to live an honorable life and not let my freedom become an excuse to do evil. Living an honorable life will silence ignorant people who will make false accusations against me.
But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:9 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.2.9.NLT
I have to remember that I'm God's possession and show other people the goodness of God through how I live.
God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace.
1 Peter 1:2 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.1.2.NLT
God chose me and gives me grace and peace in my life. I will obey Jesus and Holy Spirit has made me Holy.
And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
1 John 2:17 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1jn.2.17.NLT
I need to do what pleases God and remember that this world is fading away and focus on God rather than the world.
