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12 Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange 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, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world.
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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 insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon 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 If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.
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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 it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his 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, and it must begin with God’s household. And if judgment begins with us, what terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God’s Good News?
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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 also, “If the righteous are barely saved, what will happen to godless sinners?”
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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 if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you.
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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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