7. Throw all your anxiety onto him, because he cares about you.
8. Be clearheaded. Keep alert. Your accuser, the devil, is on the prowl like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
9. Resist him, standing firm in the faith. Do so in the knowledge that your fellow believers are enduring the same suffering throughout the world.
10. After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, the one who called you into his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself restore, empower, strengthen, and establish you.
11. To him be power forever and always. Amen.
12. I have written and sent these few lines to you by Silvanus. I consider him to be a faithful brother. In these lines I have urged and affirmed that this is the genuine grace of God. Stand firm in it.
13. The fellow-elect church in Babylon greets you, and so does my son Mark.
14. Greet each other with the kiss of love. Peace to you all who are in Christ.