4:1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
4:2 As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do–living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.
4:4 They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they heap abuse on you.
4:5 But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
4:6 For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to men in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.
4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.
4:8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
4:9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
4:10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.
4:11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
4:12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.
4:13 But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
4:14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
4:15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.
4:16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
4:17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
4:18 And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
4:19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
4:1 Since Christ therefore has suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind (because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin),
4:2 No longer to live the rest of the time in the flesh in the lusts of men, but in the will of God.
4:3 For the time which has passed is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having gone on in licentiousness, lusts, debaucheries, carousings, drinking bouts, and lawless idolatries.
4:4 In this they think it strange that you are not running together with them into the same flood of dissoluteness, slandering you;
4:5 Who will render an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
4:6 For unto this end the gospel was announced also to those who are now dead, that they might be judged in the flesh according to men but live in the spirit according to God.
4:7 But the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be sober-minded and be sober unto prayers.
4:8 Above all, have fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins.
4:9 Be hospitable to one another without murmuring,
4:10 Each one, as he has received a gift, ministering it among yourselves as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
4:11 If anyone speaks, as speaking oracles of God; if anyone ministers, as ministering out of the strength which God supplies; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.
4:12 Beloved, do not think that the fiery ordeal among you, coming to you for a trial, is strange, as if it were a strange thing happening to you;
4:13 But inasmuch as you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice exultingly.
4:14 If you are reproached in the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
4:15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler into others affairs;
4:16 But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.
4:17 For it is time for the judgment to begin from the house of God; and if first from us, what will be the end of those who disobey the gospel of God?
4:18 And if the righteous man is saved only with difficulty, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?
4:19 So then let those also who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.