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Beloved, think itnotstrange concerning the fiery trialwhichistotryyou,as though some strange thinghappened unto you:
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Butrejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ'ssufferings;that,whenhisglory shall be revealed, ye may be gladalso with exceeding joy.
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If ye be reproachedfor the name of Christ,happy are ye; for the spirit of gloryand of Godrestethuponyou:ontheirpart he is evil spoken of, buton your part he is glorified.
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Butletnoneofyousufferas a murderer,or as a thief,or as an evildoer,oras a busybody in other men's matters.
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Yetif any man suffer as a Christian, let himnot be ashamed; but let him glorifyGodonthisbehalf.
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For the time is come that judgment must beginat the house of God:andif it first begin atus,what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
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Andif the righteousscarcely be saved, whereshall the ungodlyand the sinnerappear?
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Wherefore*let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of theirsouls to him in well doing,as unto a faithfulCreator.