1Peter:4:12-19

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* Beloved , think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you , as though some strange thing happened unto you : * But rejoice , inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ 's sufferings ; that , when his glory shall be revealed , ye may be glad also with exceeding joy . * If ye be reproached for the name of Christ , happy are ye ; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you : on their part he is evil spoken of , but on your part he is glorified . * But let none of you suffer as a murderer , or as a thief , or as an evildoer , or as a busybody in other men 's matters . * Yet if any man suffer as a Christian , let him not be ashamed ; but let him glorify God on this behalf . * For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us , what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? * And if the righteous scarcely be saved , where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear ? * Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing , as unto a faithful Creator .

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