1 Pet. 4:1 |
Since Christ therefore has suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind (because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin), |
1 Pet. 4:2 |
No longer to live the rest of the time in the flesh in the lusts of men, but in the will of God. |
1 Pet. 4:3 |
For the time which has passed is sufficient [for you] to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having gone on in licentiousness, lusts, debaucheries, carousings, drinking bouts, and lawless idolatries. |
1 Pet. 4:4 |
In this they think it strange that you are not running together with [them] into the same flood of dissoluteness, slandering [you;] |
1 Pet. 4:5 |
Who will render an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. |
1 Pet. 4:6 |
For unto this [end] the gospel was announced also to [those who are now] dead, that they might be judged in the flesh according to men but live in the spirit according to God. |
1 Pet. 4:7 |
But the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be sober-minded and be sober unto prayers. |
1 Pet. 4:8 |
Above all, have fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins. |
1 Pet. 4:9 |
Be hospitable to one another without murmuring, |
1 Pet. 4:10 |
Each one, as he has received a gift, ministering it among yourselves as good stewards of the varied grace of God. |
1 Pet. 4:11 |
If anyone speaks, as [speaking] oracles of God; if anyone ministers, as [ministering] out of the strength which God supplies; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen. |
1 Pet. 4:12 |
Beloved, do not think that the fiery ordeal among you, coming to you for a trial, is strange, as if [it were] a strange thing happening to you; |
1 Pet. 4:13 |
But inasmuch as you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice exultingly. |
1 Pet. 4:14 |
If you are reproached in the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. |
1 Pet. 4:15 |
For let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler into others' affairs; |
1 Pet. 4:16 |
But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name. |
1 Pet. 4:17 |
For it is time for the judgment to begin from the house of God; and if first from us, what will be the end of those who disobey the gospel of God? |
1 Pet. 4:18 |
And if the righteous man is saved [only] with difficulty, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear? |
1 Pet. 4:19 |
So then let those also who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator. |