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1 Peter 3:4

First Nations Version

But let your beauty shine out from who you are deep within your heart—a gentle spirit filled with peace and harmony. That kind of beauty never fades and has great value in the eyes of the Great Spirit.

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The Great Spirit has chosen you to be his holy and deeply loved children, so put on the new regalia he has provided for you. Put on deep feeling for the pain of others, kindness, humbleness of heart, gentleness of spirit, and be patient with one another.


Follow my teachings and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest from your troubled thoughts.


Make sure they do not speak evil of anyone. Instead, they should be peacemakers who are gentle and humble toward all people.


You blind Separated Ones (Pharisees)! First clean the inside of your cup, and then the outside of the cup will become clean also.


In my inner being I dance for joy in Creator’s law,


That is why we never lose heart. For even though our outer being is fading away, our inner being grows stronger every day.


Make it your aim to live a quiet and peaceful life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, just as we have instructed.


Walk with a humble and gentle spirit, patiently showing love and respect to each other.


Instead, set your hearts on the Chosen One as your Honored Chief. Always be ready to give an answer to the ones who ask about the hope you carry inside you.


Send up prayers for rulers and all governing authorities, so we may live our lives in a peaceful and sacred way, walking together with harmony and respect.


How can you be so foolish? The one who made the outside also made the inside!


So scrape off all the mud of your evil ways and humbly receive the message that the Great Spirit has planted deep within you. This will set your heart free and make your mind whole.


humbly instructing those who stand against him. For it could be that Creator will return them to the right way of thinking and lead them back to the path of truth.


So, representing our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, we speak firmly to those who walk in this way, “Settle down, go to work, and quietly earn your own food.”


“Creator’s blessing rests on the ones who walk softly and in a humble manner. The earth, land, and sky will welcome them and always be their home.


For we know that our old self was nailed to the cross with him, killing the evil desires in our bodies, so that our broken ways will not rule over us.


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said to them, “You always make yourselves look good to others, but the Great Spirit sees your heart. What many see as valuable he sees as worthless.


You have been given new birth through the living word of the Great Spirit. This living Word is like a seed planted within you that will never decay and will remain to the time beyond the end of all days.


You died with the Chosen One, and now your life is hidden with the Chosen One in the Great Spirit.


gentle ways, and self-control. Our tribal law has nothing to say against those who walk in these ways.


Now I, Small Man (Paul), will speak for myself. With all the humility and kindness of the Chosen One I beg you to listen to what I have to say. Some have said that I am weak when with you and bold when away from you.


“Speak these words to the daughter of Strong Mountain (Zion): ‘Behold, your Chief is coming to you, in a humble way, riding upon a donkey—a colt still with its mother.’”


They traded the beauty and honor of the Great Spirit, who has always existed, for carved images of short-lived human beings, winged ones, four-leggeds, and snakes that crawl on the ground.





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