“That ye aʼ may be bairns oʼ yere Faither in Heeven; for he gars his sun to glint alike on the ill and on the gude; and sends oot his rain baith on the just and the unjust.
“And again, whan ye are fastin, ye arena to be as the pretenders, wiʼ wae iʼ yere faces; for they mar their looks, that they may kythe afore men as fastin. Aye, aye! say I, they too hae their reward!
For that mony, throwe this workin‐oot oʼ this service, are magnifyin God for the obedience oʼ yere confession to the word oʼ Christ, and for the aefauldness oʼ yere gifts for them and for aʼ;
Weel‐attestit for her gude warks: gif she has brocht up bairns, gif she schawed hospitality, gif she weshʼt the sauntʼs feet, gif she helpit tae in distress, gif she gaed eftir aʼ gude warks.
Conductin yersels wiʼ honor amang the Gentiles; sae that whan they speak again ye as ill‐doers, they may, seein yere gude warks, glorify God in the day oʼ his comin amang them.
But ye are “a waled‐oot race, priests oʼ royalty, a holie people”; a folk for his ain possession, that ye may tell oot the glories oʼ him wha bade ye oot oʼ darkness to come into his wunnerfuʼ licht.
In siclike mainner, ye wives, be biddable wiʼ yere ain husbands; sae that gin ony yield‐na tae the word, they may, eʼen wantin the word, be won by the gude‐leevin oʼ their wives;
Haein a gude conscience; sae that whaur‐in they speak again ye as ill‐doers, they may be putten to shame, wha miscaʼ yere gude mainner oʼ life in Christ.
Gif ony ane speaks, as Godʼs oracles speakin; gif ony ane serʼs, as oot oʼ strenth gien by God; that, in aʼ things, God may be made glorious, throwe Jesus Christ, to wham is the glorie and the pooer, for evir and aye. Amen.