1 Peter.
4.
asmAkaM vinimayEna khrISTaH zarIrasambandhE daNPaM bhuktavAn atO hEtOH zarIrasambandhE yO daNPaM bhuktavAn sa pApAt mukta 
itibhAvEna yUyamapi susajjIbhUya dEhavAsasyAvaziSTaM samayaM punarmAnavAnAm icchAsAdhanArthaM nahi kintvIzvarasyEcchAsAdhanArthaM yApayata| 
AyuSO yaH samayO vyatItastasmin yuSmAbhi ryad dEvapUjakAnAm icchAsAdhanaM kAmakutsitAbhilASamadyapAnaraggarasamattatAghRNArhadEvapUjAcaraNanjcAkAri tEna bAhulyaM| 
yUyaM taiH saha tasmin sarvvanAzapagkE majjituM na dhAvatha, ityanEnAzcaryyaM vijnjAya tE yuSmAn nindanti| 
kintu yO jIvatAM mRtAnAnjca vicAraM karttum udyatO'sti tasmai tairuttaraM dAyiSyatE| 
yatO hEtO ryE mRtAstESAM yat mAnavOddEzyaH zArIrikavicAraH kintvIzvarOddEzyam AtmikajIvanaM bhavat tadarthaM tESAmapi sannidhau susamAcAraH prakAzitO'bhavat| 
sarvvESAm antimakAla upasthitastasmAd yUyaM subuddhayaH prArthanArthaM jAgratazca bhavata| 
vizESataH parasparaM gAPhaM prEma kuruta, yataH, pApAnAmapi bAhulyaM prEmnaivAcchAdayiSyatE| 
kAtarOktiM vinA parasparam AtithyaM kRruta| 
yEna yO varO labdhastEnaiva sa param upakarOtR, itthaM yUyam Izvarasya bahuvidhaprasAdasyOttamA bhANPAgArAdhipA bhavata| 
yO vAkyaM kathayati sa Izvarasya vAkyamiva kathayatu yazca param upakarOti sa IzvaradattasAmarthyAdivOpakarOtu| sarvvaviSayE yIzukhrISTEnEzvarasya gauravaM prakAzyatAM tasyaiva gauravaM parAkramazca sarvvadA bhUyAt| AmEna| 
hE priyatamAH, yuSmAkaM parIkSArthaM yastApO yuSmAsu varttatE tam asambhavaghaTitaM matvA nAzcaryyaM jAnIta, 
kintu khrISTEna klEzAnAM sahabhAgitvAd Anandata tEna tasya pratApaprakAzE'pyAnanandEna praphullA bhaviSyatha| 
yadi khrISTasya nAmahEtunA yuSmAkaM nindA bhavati tarhi yUyaM dhanyA yatO gauravadAyaka IzvarasyAtmA yuSmAsvadhitiSThati tESAM madhyE sa nindyatE kintu yuSmanmadhyE prazaMsyatE| 
kintu yuSmAkaM kO'pi hantA vA cairO vA duSkarmmakRd vA parAdhikAracarccaka iva daNPaM na bhugktAM| 
yadi ca khrISTIyAna iva daNPaM bhugktE tarhi sa na lajjamAnastatkAraNAd IzvaraM prazaMsatu| 
yatO vicArasyArambhasamayE Izvarasya mandirE yujyatE yadi cAsmatsvArabhatE tarhIzvarIyasusaMvAdAgrAhiNAM zESadazA kA bhaviSyati? 
dhArmmikEnApi cEt trANam atikRcchrENa gamyatE| tarhyadhArmmikapApibhyAm AzrayaH kutra lapsyatE| 
ata IzvarEcchAtO yE duHkhaM bhunjjatE tE sadAcArENa svAtmAnO vizvAsyasraSTurIzvasya karAbhyAM nidadhatAM|