9 And now begin, and bless the house of thy servant, that it may endure for ever before thee: because thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it, and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
1 Peter 2:10 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision 9 For this is thankworthy, if for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God's people; once you were unpitied, but now you are pitied and have received mercy. [Hos. 2:23.] American Standard Version (1901) who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. Common English Bible Once you weren’t a people, but now you are God’s people. Once you hadn’t received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Catholic Public Domain Version Though in past times you were not a people, yet now you are the people of God. Though you had not obtained mercy, yet now you have obtained mercy. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who in time past were not a people: but are now the people of God. Who had not obtained mercy; but now have obtained mercy. |
9 And now begin, and bless the house of thy servant, that it may endure for ever before thee: because thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it, and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.
And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
And be not conformed to this world; but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect will of God.
4 And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
For kings, and for all that are in high station: that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all piety and chastity.
And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation.