New Testament · Letters

1 Peter chapter 4

So since physically, arm yourselves with the same mindset -- because anyone who has suffered physically has broken free from .The result is that you no longer live the rest of your time on earth driven by , but driven by .You’ve already spent enough time doing what the loves to do -- living in , cravings, drunkenness, wild parties, drinking binges, and .They think it’s strange that you don’t jump into the same with them anymore, so they you.But they will have to the one who is ready to both the living and the dead.This is exactly why the was announced even to those who are now dead -- so that even though they were judged in the body the way all humans are, they could the way God does. is close. So and so you can pray.Above everything else, each other , because love a huge number of .Be to each other about it.Each of you has received a , so use it to serve each other as of God’s .If someone speaks, they should speak as if delivering . If someone serves, they should serve with the strength God provides. Do this so that God gets all the credit in everything through Jesus, -- to him belongs the and the power for all of time. ., don’t be shocked by the hitting you, as if something bizarre were happening to you.Instead, ! Because the more you , the more you’ll be overflowing with joy when his is revealed.If you’re insulted because of the name of The One, , because -- the Breath of God -- rests on you.Make sure none of you suffers as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or as .But if you suffer because you , don’t be ashamed. Instead, because you carry that name.Because it’s time for to begin, and it starts with . And if it starts with us, what will the outcome be for those who refuse to trust the from God?And if it’s hard enough for to be , what will happen to the one who rejects God and keeps failing?So then, those who suffer because should keep doing good and a .