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1 Peter 3:12

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

God's always watching out for people who do right, and he actually listens when they pray. But if you're out here doing wrong? Yeah, he's not having it.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God sees everything — he's rooting for the good guys and side-eyeing the rest.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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