1 Peter 4:8-18

8 Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins. 1
9 Open your homes to each other without complaining.
10 Each one, as a good manager of God's different gifts, must use for the good of others the special gift he has received from God.
11 Those who preach must preach God's messages; those who serve must serve with the strength that God gives them, so that in all things praise may be given to God through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
12 My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you.
13 Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed.
14 Happy are you if you are insulted because you are Christ's followers; this means that the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is resting on you.
15 If you suffer, it must not be because you are a murderer or a thief or a criminal or a meddler in other people's affairs.
16 However, if you suffer because you are a Christian, don't be ashamed of it, but thank God that you bear Christ's name.
17 The time has come for judgment to begin, and God's own people are the first to be judged. If it starts with us, how will it end with those who do not believe the Good News from God?
18 As the scripture says, 2 "It is difficult for good people to be saved; what, then, will become of godless sinners?"

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  • 1. 4.8Proverbs 10.12+2Tobit 12.9.
  • 2. 4.18Proverbs 11.31 (LXX).
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.