15 But, following the example of the Holy One who called you, be holy yourself in all your actions. (The «Saint who called you» – that is, the hypnotist-priest, it is necessary to be «holy in all actions», that is, obedient and compliant).
16 For it is written, Be holy, because I am holy. (Suggestion of submission and «holiness»).
17 And if you call the Father of the One who judges everyone according to their deeds without prejudice, then spend the time of your journey with fear (Personification of God, who «judges», instilling fear).
18 knowing that you have not been redeemed with perishable silver or gold from the vain life that was given to you from the fathers (Analogy with «not perishable silver or gold», which is contrasted with the vain life «given to you from the fathers»).
19 But the precious Blood of Christ, as the immaculate and pure Lamb, (the «precious» blood of Jesus Christ (the «immaculate and pure Lamb») is contrasted with the eternal life of the ancestors of the Jews).
20 who was destined before the creation of the world, but appeared in the last times for you, (Allegedly, Jesus appeared in the world to reveal himself as an «immaculate and pure Lamb»).
21 Those who believed through him in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that you might have faith and trust in God. (All sorts of verbal tricks designed to inspire faith in the atoning sacrifice that Yahweh allegedly made in the form of the slaughter of his son).
22 By obeying the truth through the Spirit, having cleansed your souls to unfeigned brotherly love, constantly love each other from a pure heart, (Using the word «Spirit», which has many meanings, including a hypnotic state).
23 [as] regenerated not from corruptible seed, but from incorruptible, from the word of God, living and abiding forever. (All sorts of verbal tricks designed to inspire faith in the atoning sacrifice that Yahweh allegedly made in the form of the slaughter of his son).
24 For all flesh is like grass, and all human glory is like a flower on the grass: the grass has withered, and its color has fallen; (Analogies and comparisons).
25 But the word of the LORD endures forever; and this is the word that has been preached to you. («The Word of the Lord» – suggestion by the word).
Chapter 2
1 So, putting aside all malice and all deceit, and hypocrisy, and envy, and all slander, (A call to renounce «bad» deeds).
2 Like newborn babies, love the pure verbal milk, so that you may grow from it to salvation; (Analogies and comparisons).
3 For you have tasted that the LORD is good. (You were told that supposedly Lord God is doing everything for the good).
4 Approaching Him, a living stone, rejected by men, but chosen by God, precious, (Analogies and comparisons).
5 And yourselves, like living stones, make of yourselves a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, in order to offer spiritual sacrifices favorable to God by Jesus Christ. (The concept of «holy priesthood» applies to the apostles and Jesus Christ).
6 For it is written in the Scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, chosen, precious; and he who believes in it will not be ashamed. (Constant references to the Jewish «sacred» scriptures).
7 So he is a jewel for you believers, but for unbelievers he is a stone that the builders rejected, but which has become the head of the corner, a stumbling block and a stone of temptation (Analogies and comparisons).
8 against which they stumble, not obeying the word, to which they are abandoned. (Analogies and comparisons).
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy people, people taken as an inheritance in order to proclaim the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light; (The suggestion of exclusivity and «being chosen». ).
10 once not a people, but now the people of God; [once] not pardoned, but now pardoned. (Suggestion of exclusivity and «being chosen»).
11 Beloved! I ask you, as strangers and wanderers, to move away from carnal lusts that rise up against the soul (a call to renounce lusts).
12 and to lead a virtuous life among the Gentiles, so that they, for what they slander you as evildoers, when they see your good deeds, glorify God on the day of the visitation. (The pagans, «having seen your good deeds,» began to «glorify Yahweh on the day of the visitation,» and if they did not see, then they did not glorify Yahweh).
13 Therefore, be submissive to every human authority, for the Lord, whether to the king as the supreme authority (a call to submission, submission to all authority).
14 to the rulers, as sent from him to punish criminals and to encourage those who do good, – (A call to submission, submission to all authority).
15 for it is the will of God that, while doing good, we block the mouths of the ignorance of insane people – («The will of God» is submission to the authorities, while not opening our mouths and not expressing seditious thoughts).
16 as free, not as using freedom to cover up evil, but as servants of God. («Servants of God» – under the slave-owning system, slaves should be «silent tools»).
17 Honor all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. (The attitude of submission, slavery, non-resistance to evil by violence. This is very beneficial to slaveholders and the priesthood).
18 Servants, obey the masters with all fear, not only the kind and meek, but also the severe ones. (The attitude of submission, slavery, non-resistance to evil by violence. This is very beneficial to slaveholders and the priesthood).
19 For it is pleasing to God, if anyone, thinking of God, endures sorrows, suffering unjustly. (It pleases not a fictional god, but slaveholders and priests to keep slaves in a religious «collar»).
20 For what kind of praise is it if you endure being beaten for your transgressions? But if, while doing good and suffering, you endure, it pleases God. (It is necessary to do good and endure, even if you are beaten, it is pleasing to God. It pleases not a fictional god, but slaveholders and priests to keep slaves in a religious «collar»).
21 For you are called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example to follow in his footsteps. (The «vocation» was, from the author’s point of view, to be an obedient slave, Christ «suffered», they say, and everyone should suffer).
22 He had committed no sin, and there was no flattery in his mouth. (Praise of Jesus Christ).
23 Being slandered, he did not slander one another; suffering, he did not threaten, but delivered it up to the Righteous Judge. (Praise of Jesus Christ).
24 He himself lifted up our sins with his body on the tree, so that we, having got rid of our sins, would live for righteousness: with his stripes you were healed. (Praise of Jesus Christ).
25 For you were like sheep wandering (having no shepherd), but now you have returned to the Shepherd СКАЧАТЬ