diff --git a/61-1PE.usfm b/61-1PE.usfm index ad0f7d65..8ca32b02 100644 --- a/61-1PE.usfm +++ b/61-1PE.usfm @@ -207,17 +207,17 @@ This message that endures is the message about Christ that we proclaimed to you. \s5 \v 7 All things on this earth will soon come to an end. Therefore, keep thinking sensibly and control what you think so that you can pray well. -\v 8 Most importantly of all, love each other sincerely, because if we love others we will not try to find out what they have done wrong. +\v 8 Most importantly of all, love each other sincerely because if we love others we will not try to find out what they have done wrong. \v 9 Provide food and a place to sleep for those Christian travelers who come among you, and do it without complaining. \s5 \v 10 Believers should all use the gifts that God has given them to serve others. They should manage well the various gifts that God has kindly given them. -\v 11 Those who speak to the assembly of believers should do that as if they were speaking the very words of God. Those who do kind deeds for others should do it with the strength that God gives them, in order that you might honor God as Jesus Christ enables us to do so. May we all praise God because he has all authority to rule everything forever. May it be so! +\v 11 Those who speak to the assembly of believers should do that as if they were speaking the very words of God. Those who do kind deeds for others should do it with the strength that God gives them so that you might honor God as Jesus Christ enables us to do so. May we all praise God because he has all authority to rule everything forever. May it be so! \s5 \v 12 You whom I love, do not be surprised about the painful things that you are suffering because you belong to Christ. Those things are testing you as people test metal by putting it into a fire. Do not think that something strange is happening to you. -\v 13 Instead, rejoice that you are suffering the same kinds of things that Christ endured. Rejoice when you suffer, in order that you may also be very glad when Christ returns and shows everyone how glorious he is. -\v 14 If others insult you because you believe in Christ, God is pleased with you, because it shows that the Spirit of God, the Spirit who reveals how great God is, lives within you. +\v 13 Instead, rejoice that you are suffering the same kinds of things that Christ endured. Rejoice when you suffer so that you may also be very glad when Christ returns and shows everyone how glorious he is. +\v 14 If others insult you because you believe in Christ, God is pleased with you because it shows that the Spirit of God—the Spirit who reveals how great God is—lives within you. \s5 \v 15 If you suffer, do not let it be because you murdered anyone, or stole anything, or did some other kind of evil thing, or because you interfered in someone else's affairs. @@ -234,16 +234,16 @@ This message that endures is the message about Christ that we proclaimed to you. \s5 \c 5 \p -\v 1 Now I will say this to those among you who are elders, you who lead the assemblies of believers: I am also an elder. I also am one of those who saw Christ suffer, and I will also share some of the glory that Christ has in heaven. +\v 1 Now I will say this to those among you who are elders, you who lead the assemblies of believers: I am also an elder. I am also one of those who saw Christ suffer, and I will also share some of the glory that Christ has in heaven. \v 2 I appeal to you elders to take care of the people who are in your assemblies. Do this as if you were shepherds who take care of their flocks of sheep. Do this, not because you must do it, but instead do it willingly, as God desires. Do not be greedy to get money for doing it, but instead do it enthusiastically. \v 3 Do not act like domineering bosses over the people whom God has assigned to you, but instead be examples to them by the way in which you conduct your lives. -\v 4 If you do that, when Jesus, who is like our chief shepherd, appears, he will give each of you a splendid reward. That reward will be like the wreaths that are given to athletes who win races, but your reward will never wither like those wreaths do. +\v 4 If you do that, when Jesus—who is like our chief shepherd—appears, he will give each of you a splendid reward. That reward will be like the wreaths that are given to athletes who win races, but your reward will never wither like those wreaths do. \s5 \p \v 5 Now I will say this to you young men. You must obey the older men in the assembly. All of you believers should act humbly toward each other because it is true that God opposes those who are proud, but he acts kindly toward those who are humble. \p -\v 6 Therefore, realizing that God has great power to punish proud people, humble yourselves in order that he may honor you at the time that he has determined. +\v 6 Therefore, realizing that God has great power to punish proud people, humble yourselves so that he may honor you at the time that he has determined. \v 7 Because he takes care of you, let him take care of all the things that you are worried about. \s5