For they disciplinedus for a shorttimeas seemed bestto them, but He [disciplines us] for [our] good,sothat we may shareHis holiness.
I know,O LORD,that Your judgmentsare righteous,And that in faithfulnessYou have afflictedme.
As for me, I shall beholdYour facein righteousness;I will be satisfiedwith Your likenesswhen I awake.
For He does not afflictwillinglyOr grievethe sonsof men.
"Speakto allthe congregationof the sonsof Israeland sayto them, 'You shall be holy,for I the LORDyour Godam holy.
and puton the newself,which in [the likeness of] Godhas been createdin righteousnessand holinessof the truth.
yetHe has nowreconciledyou in His fleshlybodythroughdeath,in order to presentyou beforeHim holyand blamelessand beyond reproach--
whogaveHimselffor us to redeemus from everylawless deed,and to purifyfor Himselfa peoplefor His ownpossession,zealousfor gooddeeds.
Pursuepeacewith all men,and the sanctificationwithoutwhichno onewill seethe Lord.
you also,as livingstones,are being builtup as a spiritualhousefor a holypriesthood,to offerup spiritualsacrificesacceptableto GodthroughJesusChrist.
But you are A CHOSENRACE,A royalPRIESTHOOD,A HOLYNATION,A PEOPLEFOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION,sothat you may proclaimthe excellenciesof Him who has calledyou out of darknessinto His marvelouslight;
For by theseHe has grantedto us His preciousand magnificentpromises,sothat by them you may becomepartakersof [the] divinenature,having escapedthe corruptionthat is in the worldby lust.
Then Elimelech,Naomi'shusband,died;and she was leftwith her twosons.
