1 Peter 3:7

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.

They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

Then Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.

Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.

Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

It will happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens who live among you, who will father children among you. Then they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel. They shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.”

Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

He said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?”

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

Now she who is a widow indeed and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Now, behold, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.”

Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.

Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,

Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.

In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

“All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

if they desire to learn anything. “Let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a wife to be talking in the assembly.”

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”

that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;