Berean Bible

1 Peter

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1 Therefore Christ having suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind, because the one having suffered in the flesh is done with sin, 2 so as to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer to men’s desires, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past is sufficient to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having walked in sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and abominable idolatries. 4 With respect to this, they think it strange of you not running with them into the same overflow of debauchery, speaking evil of you, 5 who will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For to this end the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead, so that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but they might live in the spirit according to God. 7 Now the end of all has drawn near. Therefore be clear minded and be sober for the purpose of prayers, 8 above all things, having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers over a multitude of sins, 9 hospitable to one another without complaint, 10 as each has received a gift, to them serving each other as good stewards of the manifold grace of God: 11 if anyone speaks, as oracles of God; if anyone serves, as of strength which God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power to the ages of the ages. Amen. 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fire among you taking place for a trial to you, as if a strange thing were happening to you. 13 But as you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also in the revelation of His glory you may rejoice, exulting. 14 If you are insulted in the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. 15 For let not any of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a troublesome meddler, 16 but if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name. 17 For it is the time for the judgment to have begun from the house of God; and if from us first, what will be the outcome of those disobeying the gospel of God? 18 And, “If the righteous one is saved with difficulty, where will appear the ungodly and sinner?” 19 Therefore also, those suffering according to the will of God, let them commit their souls to the faithful Creator in well doing.
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