1 Peter 3:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 Finally, all of you, be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another, compassionate, humble. 9 Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing.(A) 10 For:
“Whoever would love life(B)
and see good days
must keep the tongue from evil
and the lips from speaking deceit,
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