4Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin),G3767G5547G3958G5228G2257G4561G3695G5210G2532G846G1771G3754G3958G1722G4561G3973G2662so as to live for the rest of your earthly life no longer by human desires but by the will of God.G1519G980G3371G980G1954G5550G1722G4561G1939G444G235G2307G23163You have already spent enough time in doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.G1063G5550G3928G979G713G2254G2716G2307G1484G4198G1722G766G1939G3632G2970G4224G2532G111G14954They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme.G1722G3739G3579G5216G4936G3361G1519G846G401G810G9875But they will have to give an accounting to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.G3739G591G3056G2192G2093G2919G2198G2532G34986For this is the reason the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead, so that, though they had been judged in the flesh as everyone is judged, they might live in the spirit as God does.G1063G1519G5124G2097G2532G3498G2443G2919G3303G2596G444G4561G1161G2198G2596G2316G41517The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.G1161G5056G3956G1448G4993G3767G4993G2532G3525G1519G43358Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.G1161G4253G3956G2192G1618G26G1519G1438G3754G26G2572G4128G2669Be hospitable to one another without complaining.G5382G1519G240G427G111210Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.G2531G1538G2983G5486G1247G846G1519G1438G5613G2570G3623G4164G5485G231611Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.G1536G2980G5613G3051G2316G1536G1247G5613G1537G2479G3739G2316G5524G2443G2316G1722G3956G1392G1223G2424G5547G3739G2076G1391G2532G2904G1519G165G165G281
Suffering as a Christian
12Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.G27G3579G3361G3579G5213G4451G1722G1096G4314G3986G5213G5613G3581G4819G521313But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.G235G5463G2526G2841G5547G3804G2443G1722G846G1391G602G5463G2532G2114If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory, which is the Spirit of God, is resting on you.G1487G3679G1722G3686G5547G3107G3754G4151G1391G2532G2316G373G1909G5209G2596G3303G846G987G1161G2596G5209G139215But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or even as a mischief maker.G1063G3958G3361G5100G5216G3958G5613G5406G2228G2812G2228G2555G2228G5613G24416Yet if any of you suffers as a Christian, do not consider it a disgrace, but glorify God because you bear this name.G1161G1487G5613G5546G153G3361G153G1161G1392G2316G1722G5129G331317For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; if it begins with us, what will be the end for those who do not obey the gospel of God?G3754G2540G2917G756G575G3624G2316G1161G1487G4412G575G2257G5101G5056G544G2098G231618And "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinners?"G2532G1487G1342G3433G4982G4226G5316G765G2532G268G531619Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God's will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.G5620G2532G3908G3958G2596G2307G2316G3908G1438G5590G1722G16G5613G4103G2939