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1 Peter 2

1 Peter 2 — Overview

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

, He exhorts them from the breach of charity; , shewing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are built; , He beseeches them also to abstain from fleshly lusts; , to be obedient to magistrates; , and teaches servants how to obey their masters; , patiently suffering for well doing, after the example of Christ.

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