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³ Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. ⁴ Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. ⁵ For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, ⁶ like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
–1 Peter 3:3-6 (NIV)–

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Elizabeth Rice Handford, Your Clothes Say It for You (Sword of the Lord, 2000).

Their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
–Jesus Christ in Luke 5:30-32 (NKJV)–

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities,
to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.
–Titus 3:1 (ESV)–

Rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.
–Romans 13:3-4 (ESV)–

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Definition: In Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution, treason is specifically limited to levying war against the U.S., or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. Penalty: Under U.S. Code Title 18, the penalty is death, or not less than five years’ imprisonment (with a minimum fine of $10,000, if not sentenced to death). Any person convicted of treason against the United States also forfeits the right to hold public office in the United States. The terms used in the definition derive from English legal tradition, specifically the Treason Act 1351. Levying war means the assembly of armed people to overthrow the government or to resist its laws. Enemies are subjects of a foreign government that is in open hostility with the United States. Treason does not distinguish between participants and accessories; all persons who rebel or intentionally give aid to hostilities are subject to the same charge.
–Wikipedia, “Treason Laws in the United States”–

He was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him.
–Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)–

He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night.
–Revelation 14:10-11 (KJV)–

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CRI, “The False God and Gospel of Moral Government Theology.”

Adam Clarke, Christian Theology (Schmul, 1990).

Dr. Harald Lindstrom, Wesley and Sanctification (Zondervan, 1998).

Dr. Donald Bowdle, Redemption Accomplished and Applied (Pathway Press, 1981).

Dr. Channing Crisler, 40 Questions About the Atonement (Kregel, 2025).