1 Peter 4
1 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with
the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
2 that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts
of men, but to the will of God.
3 For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and
to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings,
and abominable idolatries:
4 wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess
of riot, speaking evil of [you] :
5 who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
6 For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be
judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the
spirit.
7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be
sober unto prayer:
8 above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love
covereth a multitude of sins:
9 using hospitality one to another without murmuring:
10 according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as
good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
11 if any man speaketh, [speaking] as it were oracles of God; if any man
ministereth, [ministering] as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all
things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which
cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:
13 but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the
revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.
14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye] ; because the
[Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.
15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as
a meddler in other men's matters:
16 but if [a man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him
glorify God in this name.
17 For the time [is come] for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if [it
begin] first at us, what [shall be] the end of them that obey not the gospel of
God?
18 And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner
appear?
19 Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their
souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.