He teaches the duty of wives and husbands to each other; |
| 7 Ὁι ἄνδρες ὁμοίως, συνοικοῦντες κατὰ γνῶσιν ὡς ἀσθενεστέρῳ σκεύει τῷ γυναικείῳ ἀπονέμοντες τιμὴν ὡς καὶ συγκληρονόμοι χάριτος ζωῆς εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐγκόπτεσθαι τὰς προσευχὰς ὑμῶν. |
exhorting all men to unity and love; |
| 10 ὁ γάρ θέλων ζωὴν ἀγαπᾶν |
| καὶ ἰδεῖν ἡμέρας ἀγαθὰς |
| παυσάτω τὴν γλῶσσαν ἀπὸ κακοῦ |
| καὶ χείλη τοῦ μὴ λαλῆσαι δόλον, |
| 11 ἐκκλινάτω δὲ ἀπὸ κακοῦ καὶ ποιησάτω ἀγαθόν, |
| ζητησάτω εἰρήνην καὶ διωξάτω αὐτήν· |
| 12 ὅτι ὀφθαλμοὶ κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους |
| καὶ ὦτα αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν αὐτῶν, |
| πρόσωπον δὲ κυρίου ἐπὶ ποιοῦντας κακά. |
| 13 Καὶ τίς ὁ κακώσων ὑμᾶς ἐὰν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ζηλωταὶ γένησθε; |
and to suffer persecution. |
| 18 ὅτι καὶ Χριστὸς ἅπαξ περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν ἀπέθανεν, |
| δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων, |
| ἵνα ὑμᾶς προσαγάγῃ τῷ θεῷ |
| θανατωθεὶς μὲν σαρκὶ |
| ζῳοποιηθεὶς δὲ πνεύματι· |
He declares also the benefits of Christ toward the old world. |
| πορευθεὶς ἐκήρυξεν, |