BUT YE ARE A CHOSEN GENERATION,
A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD,
AN HOLY NATION,
A PECULIAR PEOPLE;
THAT YE SHOULD SHEW
FORTH THE PRAISES OF HIM
WHO HATH CALLED YOU
OUT OF DARKNESS
INTO HIS
MARVELLOUS LIGHT;
WHICH IN TIME
PAST
WERE NOT A PEOPLE,
BUT ARE NOW
THE PEOPLE OF GOD:
WHICH HAD
NOT OBTAINED MERCY,
BUT NOW
HAVE OBTAINED MERCY.
DEARLY BELOVED,
I BESEECH YOU AS STRANGERS
AND
PILGRIMS,
ABSTAIN FROM FLESHLY LUSTS,
WHICH
WAR AGAINST THE SOUL;
HAVING YOUR
CONVERSATION HONEST
AMONG THE GENTILES:
THAT,
WHEREAS THEY SPEAK AGAINST
YOU AS EVILDOERS,
THEY MAY BY YOUR GOOD WORKS,
WHICH THEY SHALL BEHOLD,
GLORIFY GOD IN THE DAY OF VISITATION.
LOVE
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