[Note: The material in this chapter with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on the older 2007 printing (bi12) of the Mandarin NWT Bible. It will be updated as time allows.]

### 📖 📄 📘 Bǐdé Qiánshū ((Bǐdé Peter 彼得) (Qián·shū Earlier · {Writing → [Book]} 前书 前書) → [1 Peter]) 4 🔼
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📖 📄 📘 … 2 mùdì (mù·dì eye · target → [purpose] 目的) shì (being 是) búzài (bú·zài not · anymore 不再) shùnyìng (shùn·yìng {submitting to} · {responding to → [complying with]} 顺应 順應) rén (men 人) de (’s 的) yùwàng (yù·wàng desires · {gazing (into the distance) → [hoping]} 欲望 欲/慾望) shēnghuó ({to live} 生活), cóngcǐ (cóng·cǐ from · this (point on) 从此 從此) ànzhào ({in accordance with} 按照) Shàngdì (Shàng·dì Above’s · {Emperor → [God]} → [God] 上帝) de (’s 的) zhǐyì (will 旨意) shànyòng (shàn·yòng {(for) good} · {to use} 善用) yúshēng (yú·shēng remaining · life 余生 餘生). 3 Nǐmen guòqù suízhe lièguó de (’s 的) rén de (’s 的) xīnyì zuòshì, dānyú (dān·yú indulging · in 耽于 耽於) wúchǐ de (’s 的) xíngwéi, tānyù (tān·yù {insatiably desiring} · desiring → [greed] 贪欲 貪欲/慾), zòngjiǔ, kuánghuān, jìngyǐn (jìng·yǐn competing · {to drink} 竞饮 競飲), wéifǎ bài ǒuxiàng de (’s 的) shì, suǒ ({that which [they]} 所) huā de (’s 的) shíjiān yǐjing gòu le. 4 Yóuyú nǐmen búzài gēn tāmen tóngbèn (tóng·bèn together · {head for [a destination] [on]} 同奔 同/仝奔)‐yílù (yí·lù {one → [same]} · road 一路), tóurù fàngdàng de (’s 的) yuānsǒu (yuān·sǒu deep · swamp → [hotbed] 渊薮 淵藪), tāmen jiù gǎndào fèijiě (fèi·jiě {is consuming too much} · {untying → [solving]} → [is hard to understand] 费解 費解), zàisān dǐhuǐ nǐmen. …

📖 📄 📘 … 8 Zuì (most 最 最/㝡) zhòngyào (zhòng·yào weighty · important 重要) de (’s 的) shì (is 是) yào (must 要) rèqiè de bǐcǐ (bǐ·cǐ those · these → [each other] 彼此) xiāng’ài, yīnwei (yīn·wei because · for 因为 因為) ài (love 爱 愛) néng (can 能) zhēgài xǔduō (xǔ·duō numbers · many 许多 許多) zuì (sins 罪). …

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