1 Peter 4
1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.
2 So, for the time still remaining in the flesh, live no longer according to human desires, but according to the will of God.
3 The time you spent doing what the Gentiles want is already enough: living in debauchery, passions, drunkenness, wild parties, drinking bouts, and detestable idolatries.
4 They are surprised that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of reckless excess, and they speak abusively of you.
5 They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
6 For this is why the good news was proclaimed even to the dead: so that, though judged in the flesh as humans are, they might live in the spirit as God does.
7 The end of all things is near. So be clear-minded and self-controlled for your prayers.
8 Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.
9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
10 Each of you should serve the others with the gift you have received, as good stewards of God's varied grace.
11 If anyone speaks, let them speak as one conveying the words of God; if anyone serves, let them serve with the strength God provides, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
12 Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal among you that is testing you, as though something strange were happening to you.
13 Instead, rejoice insofar as you share in Christ's sufferings, so that you may also rejoice with great joy when his glory is revealed.
14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God, rests on you.
15 Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a wrongdoer, or as someone who meddles in other people's affairs.
16 But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let them not be ashamed; instead, let them glorify God by that name.
17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God. And if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who disobey the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous are saved with difficulty, where will the ungodly and sinner appear?
19 So then, those who suffer according to God's will should entrust their souls to the faithful Creator by doing what is good.
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