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 quick and the dead.
6 For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged 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.
Cross-references
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- 1Gal 5:24, 1Pe 3:18, Col 3:3–5, Rom 6:11, Gal 2:20, Rom 6:7, Heb 12:3, Eph 6:13
- 2Eph 4:22–24, 1Pe 1:14, Tit 3:3–8, Eph 6:6, Rom 6:11, 2Co 5:15, Rom 6:2, Eph 2:3
- 31Co 6:11, Eph 5:18, 1Th 4:5, 1Pe 1:14, Eph 2:2–3, Eph 4:17–19, Gal 5:21, Rev 17:4–5
- 41Pe 3:16, 1Pe 2:12, Act 18:6, Jud 1:10, Act 13:45, 2Pe 2:12, 2Pe 2:22, Luk 15:13
- 5Jas 5:9, 2Ti 4:1, Act 10:42, Rom 14:10–12, Jhn 5:22–23, Mat 12:36, Jud 1:14–15, Act 17:31
- 6Rom 8:2, 1Pe 3:19, Rom 8:9–11, Jhn 5:25–26, Eph 2:3–5, Tit 3:3–7, 1Pe 4:1–2, Mat 24:9
- 7Jas 5:8–9, 1Pe 1:13, 1Pe 5:8, Luk 21:34, 2Ti 4:5, Heb 10:25, Col 4:2, 1Th 5:6–8
- 8Pro 10:12, Col 3:14, Pro 17:9, Jas 5:20, 1Pe 1:22, 1Co 13:1–14:1, 1Th 3:12, 1Th 4:9–10
- 9Heb 13:2, Rom 12:13, Php 2:14, Heb 13:16, Tit 1:8, 2Co 9:7, 1Ti 3:2, Jas 5:9
- 10Rom 12:6–8, 1Co 12:4–11, 1Co 4:1–2, Mrk 10:45, Heb 6:10, 1Co 15:10, 1Co 3:10, Rom 15:27
- 111Co 10:31, Eph 6:10, 1Pe 4:10, Eph 4:29, 1Co 12:4, Act 7:38, Jas 3:1–6, Col 4:6
- 122Ti 3:12, 1Pe 1:6–7, 1Pe 5:9, 1Th 3:2–4, Dan 11:35, 1Co 10:13, 1Co 3:13, 1Pe 4:4
- 13Rom 8:17, Jas 1:2–3, Rom 5:3, Php 3:10, 2Co 1:7, 2Co 4:10, 1Pe 5:10, 1Pe 1:5–8
- 141Pe 3:14, Luk 6:22, Mat 5:11, 1Pe 3:16, Jas 1:12, Psa 146:5, 1Pe 2:19–20, 2Co 12:10
- 152Th 3:11, 1Th 4:11, 1Ti 5:13, 1Pe 2:19–20, 1Pe 3:17, 2Ti 2:9, Mat 5:11
- 161Pe 3:17–18, Php 1:29, 1Pe 4:19, Jas 1:2–4, Act 5:41, 2Ti 1:12, Eph 3:13–15, Php 1:20
- 17Jer 25:29, Rom 2:9, 2Th 1:8, Ezk 9:6, 1Pe 2:8, Luk 12:47–48, Mal 3:5, Heb 12:24–25
- 18Pro 11:31, Ezk 18:24, Luk 23:31, 2Pe 2:5–6, Jud 1:15, 1Co 10:12, Heb 10:38–39, Act 14:22
- 19Psa 37:5, 2Ti 1:12, 1Pe 3:17, Psa 138:8, Psa 146:5–6, Psa 31:5, 1Pe 4:12–16, Rom 2:7
Topics in this chapter
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Accusation, False, Adultery, Afflictions and Adversities, Amusements and Worldly Pleasures, Busybody, Charitableness, Christian, Church, Commandments, Constancy, Example, Gentiles, Gifts From God, Glorifying God, Gluttony, God, Gospel, Grace of God, Happiness, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Homicide, Hospitality, Idolatry, Jesus, the Christ, Joy, Judgment, Kindness, Lasciviousness, Love, Lust, Minister, Christian, Oracle, Persecution, Praise, Resignation, Righteous, Righteousness, Self-Denial, Sin, Sinlessness, Slander, Sobriety, Steward, Suffering, Temptation, Theft and Thieves, Watchfulness, Wicked (People), Word of God, Worldliness