1Peter:4

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* Christ , then , having suffered for us in the flesh , do you also warm yourselves with the same mind : for he who has suffered in the flesh , has ceased from sin ; * so that he no longer lives his remaining time in the flesh , to the lusts of men , but to the will of God . * For the time which has passed of life , is sufficient to have wrought the will of the Gentiles , having walked in lasciviousness , lusts , excesses in wine , revellings , carousals , and abominable idolatries . * On which account they wonder that you do not run with them , into the same sink of debauchery , reviling you ,- * who shall give account to him who is prepared to judge the living and the dead . * For , to this end of the gospel was preached to the dead , that they might , indeed , be judged according to men in the flesh , but live according to God in the spirit . * Now the end of all things has approached ; be , therefore , sober , and watch to prayer . * And above all things , have fervent love to one another ; for love will cover a multitude of sins . * Be hospitable to one another , without murmurings . * Let every one , according as he has received a gift , minister it to the others , as good stewards of the manifold favor of God . * If any one speak , let him speak as the oracles of God : if any one minister , let him do it as from the strength which God supplies ; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ , to whom be the glory and the power for ever and ever . Amen . * Beloved , wonder not at the fiery trial among you , which is come upon you for a trial , as if some strange thing happened to you ; * but , seeing you partake of the sufferings of Christ , rejoice : that , also , at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice , with exceeding great joy . * If you be reproached for the name of Christ , you are happy ; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you . * By them , indeed , he is evil spoken of , but by you he is glorified . Wherefore , let none of you suffer as a murderer , or a thief , or a malefactor , or as a meddling person . * However , if any one suffer as a Christian , let him not be ashamed , but let him even glorify God on that account . * Indeed , the time is come that punishment must begin at the house of God ; and if it begin first at us , what the end of them who do not obey the gospel of God ? * And , if the righteous with difficulty escape , where will the ungodly and the sinner appear ! * Wherefore , then , let those who suffer by the will of God , commit their own lives to him in well doing , as a faithful Creator .

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