1 Peter 4
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Following Christ
1Therefore, since Christ suffered#4:1 Other mss read suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same understanding#4:1 Or perspective, or attitude — because the one who suffers in the flesh is finished#Rm 6:10; Heb 4:15; 7:26; 9:28 with sin#4:1 Or the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin — 2in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.#Mk 3:35; Rm 6:11; 12:2 3For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires,#Mk 7:22 drunkenness, orgies,#Rm 13:13; Gl 5:21 carousing, and lawless idolatry. 4They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living — and they slander#4:4 Or blaspheme you. 5They will give an account to the one who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.#Ac 10:42; Rm 14:9; 2Tm 4:1 6For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead,#4:6 Or those who are dead#Jn 5:25 so that, although they might be judged in the flesh according to human standards,#1Pt 3:18 they might live#Php 1:21 in the spirit according to God’s standards.
End-Time Ethics
7The end of all things is near;#Rm 13:11–12; Heb 9:26; Jms 5:8; 1Jn 2:18; Rv 1:3 therefore, be alert and sober-minded#1Pt 5:8 for prayer. 8Above all, maintain constant love#1Pt 1:22 for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.#4:8Pr 10:12#Pr 10:12; Jms 5:20 9Be hospitable#1Tm 3:2; Ti 1:8 to one another without complaining. 10Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others,#1Co 12:7 as good stewards of the varied grace of God. 11If anyone speaks, let it be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, let it be from the strength God provides,#Rm 12:6–8; 1Co 15:58 so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
Christian Suffering
12Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you, as if something unusual were happening to you.#1Pt 1:6–7 13Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ,#Gl 5:24; Php 3:10 so that you may also rejoice with great joy when his glory is revealed.#1Co 1:7; Eph 1:17; 2Th 1:7; 1Pt 1:7,13 14If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ,#Ps 89:50–51; Ac 5:41; 1Pt 2:20 you are blessed, because the Spirit#Ac 4:33; Rv 3:22 of glory and of God#4:14 Or God’s glorious Spirit rests on you. 15Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.#4:15 Or as one who defrauds others 16But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed but let him glorify God in having that name.#4:16 Other mss read in that case 17For the time has come for judgment#Mk 12:40; Jn 5:22; Heb 10:27; 13:4 to begin with God’s household,#Gl 6:10; Eph 2:19; 1Tm 3:15; Heb 3:2 and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
18And if a righteous person is saved with difficulty,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner? # 4:18 Pr 11:31 LXX #
Pr 11:31
19So then, let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust themselves#Ps 10:14; 2Co 1:9 to a faithful Creator while doing what is good.
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1 Peter 4
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Good Stewards of God's Grace
1Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 5who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 6For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 8#Prov 10.12. And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 9Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 10As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ: to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Suffering as a Christian
12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.#4.14 on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified not found in best early manuscripts. 15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. 16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18#Prov 11.31. And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
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