| 4 | 1 Peter | ||
| 1 | Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same thought, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, | Good Stewards of God's Grace 1Pe.4.1-11 | |
| 2 | so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer by human passions but by the will of God. | ||
| 3 | Let the time that is past suffice for doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry. | ||
| 4 | They are surprised that you do not now join them in the same wild profligacy, and they abuse you; | ||
| 5 | but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. | ||
| 6 | For this is why the gospel was preached even to the dead, that though judged in the flesh like men, they might live in the spirit like God. | ||
| 7 | The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers. | ||
| 8 | Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. | ||
| 9 | Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another. | ||
| 10 | As each has received a gift, employ it for one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: | ||
| 11 | whoever speaks, as one who utters oracles of God; whoever renders service, as one who renders it by the strength which God supplies; in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion for ever and ever. | ||
| 12 | Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you. | Suffering as a Christian 1Pe.4.12-19 | |
| 13 | But rejoice in so far as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. | ||
| 14 | If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. | ||
| 15 | But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker; | ||
| 16 | yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God. | ||
| 17 | For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? | ||
| 18 | And where will the impious and sinner appear?" | - If the righteous man is scarcely saved 1Pe.4.18 - Pr.11.31 | |
| 19 | Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator. | ||
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