. New Testament hours. manner, as house-slaves were to theirmasters,^ but this is quite in keeping with the ideas ofantiquity.^ We are next told how husbands are to bear themselvestowards their wives. 7. Ye husbands, in like manner, live with your wives asbecomes your Christian knowledge, giving honour to thewoman as to the weaker vessel, not treating her roughly, ordismissing her even if still unconverted, but thinking of her, ^ Gen. xviii. 12. 2 i pg^^ ^j^ ig . iy i 3 Eph. V. 22-24 ; Col. iii. 18 ; 1 Tim. ii. 9-15. ST. PETER 25 as being, no less than yourselves, joint-heirs of the grace ofet
. New Testament hours. manner, as house-slaves were to theirmasters,^ but this is quite in keeping with the ideas ofantiquity.^ We are next told how husbands are to bear themselvestowards their wives. 7. Ye husbands, in like manner, live with your wives asbecomes your Christian knowledge, giving honour to thewoman as to the weaker vessel, not treating her roughly, ordismissing her even if still unconverted, but thinking of her, ^ Gen. xviii. 12. 2 i pg^^ ^j^ ig . iy i 3 Eph. V. 22-24 ; Col. iii. 18 ; 1 Tim. ii. 9-15. ST. PETER 25 as being, no less than yourselves, joint-heirs of the grace ofeternal life, if they accept it; that your prayers for yovirsel f,or for her conversion, be not hindered by your fjiworthiness. Summary and reinforcement of all these exhortations. 8. Finally, be all of you, like minded, full of kindly feeling,loving each other as Christian brethren, tender - hearted,humble-minded; 9. not returning evil for evil, or revilingfor reviling, but, contrariwise, blessing : ^ for ye were called. An Egyptian lady with lier ladys-maids attending on her. for the very end that ye should inherit a blessing, andthis may well be a spur to your seeking blessings on , For it is written. He that would love life^ and see gooddays, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lij)s, that theyspeak no guile : 11. and let him turn away from evil, and dogood; let him seek peace, and pursue it. 12. For the eyes ofthe Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open to theirl)rayer: hut the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil,to judge 1 Isa. Hii. 7 ; Matt, xxvii. 39 ; John viii. 48, 49. 2 pg^ xxxlv. 12-16, LXX. 26 ST. PETER Eeal harm cannot overtake the worthily-living Chris-tian, for even suffering for his faith is a blessing inthe end. 13. And if all tMs be so, who is he who will harm you, ifye be zealots for what is good? 14. But even if ye suffer forrighteousness sake, ye are still blessed. Have therefore nofear of them, your persecutors, a
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