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- Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,
- to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.
- At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,
- he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
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