1. Remind them to be under the control of magistrates and authorities, to be obedient, to be open to every good enterprise.
2. They are to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate, exercising all graciousness toward everyone.
3. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another.