2:11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul, 2:12 and maintain good conduct ¹  among the non-Christians, ²  so that though ³  they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. ⁴ 

2:13 Be subject to every human institution ⁵  for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supreme 2:14 or to governors as those he commissions ⁶  to punish wrongdoers and praise ⁷  those who do good. 2:15 For God wants you ⁸  to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good. 2:16 Live ⁹  as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves. ¹⁰  2:17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, ¹¹  fear God, honor the king.

2:18 Slaves, ¹²  be subject ¹³  to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse. 2:19 For this finds God’s favor, ¹⁴  if because of conscience toward God ¹⁵  someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly. 2:20 For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God. ¹⁶  2:21 For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps. 2:22 He ¹⁷  committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth. ¹⁸ 

ground it will no longer yield ²  its best ³  for you. You will be a homeless wanderer ⁴  on the earth.” 4:13 Then Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment ⁵  is too great to endure! ⁶  4:14 Look! You are driving me off the land ⁷  today, and I must hide from your presence. ⁸  I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.” 4:15 But the Lord said to him, “All right then, ⁹  if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” ¹⁰  Then the Lord put a special mark ¹¹  on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down. ¹²  4:16 So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, ¹³  east of Eden.

4:17 Cain had marital relations ¹⁴  with his wife, and she became pregnant ¹⁵  and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after ¹⁶  his son Enoch. 4:18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father ¹⁷  of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.

4:19 Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.