Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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12 Dear friends, when the fiery ordeal arises among you to test you, don't be surprised by it, as if something unusual were happening to you.
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Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
13 Instead, as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah rejoice, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory.
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But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
14 If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
15 None of you, however, should suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a meddler.
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If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.
16 But if [anyone suffers] as a Christian, he should not be ashamed, but should glorify God with that name.
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However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
17 For the time has come for judgment to begin with God's household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
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For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous is saved with difficulty, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?
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And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
19 So those who suffer according to God's will should, in doing good, entrust themselves to a faithful Creator.
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So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
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