1 Peter 4:12-19
Suffering as Christians

12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

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13 But 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.

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14 If 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.

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15 But 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.

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16 Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

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17 For 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?

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18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

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19 Wherefore 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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