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1 Peter 4:12-19

12BelovedἈγαπητοί,AgapētoiG27, think itnotstrangeξένουxenouG3581concerningthefierytrialπειρασμὸνpeirasmonG3986amongyou,whichcomethuponyoutoproveyou,asthoughastrangeG3581thinghappenedG1096untoyou:

13butinsomuchasyearepartakersofChrist’ssufferings,rejoiceχαίρετε,chaireteG5463;thatattherevelationἀποκαλύψειapokalupseiG602ofhisgloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391alsoκαὶkaiG2532yemayrejoiceχαρῆτεcharēteG5463withexceedingjoy.

14IfyearereproachedforthenameὀνόματιonomatiG3686ofChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547,blessedareye;becausetheSpiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151ofgloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391andtheSpiritG4151ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316restethuponyou.

15ForletnoneofyousufferπασχέτωpaschetōG3958asamurdererφονεὺςphoneusG5406,orathiefκλέπτηςkleptēsG2812,oranevil-doer,orasameddlerinothermen’s matters:

16butifamanG3778sufferasaChristianΧριστιανός,ChristianosG5546, lethimnotbeashamedαἰσχυνέσθω,aischunesthōG153;butlethimglorifyδοξαζέτωdoxazetōG1392GodθεὸνtheonG2316inthisnameG3686.

17ForthetimeκαιρὸςkairosG2540iscomeforjudgmentκρίμαkrimaG2917tobeginG757atthehouseοἴκουoikouG3624ofGodθεοῦ·theouG2316:andifitbeginG757firstπρῶτονprōtonG4413atus,whatshallbetheendG5056ofthemthatobeynotthegospelεὐαγγελίῳ;euangeliōG2098ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316?

18AndiftherighteousδίκαιοςdikaiosG1342isscarcelysavedG4982,whereποῦpouG4226shalltheungodlyἀσεβὴςasebēsG765andsinnerἁμαρτωλὸςhamartōlosG268appearφανεῖται;phaneitaiG5316?

19Wherefore letthemalsoκαὶkaiG2532thatsufferπάσχοντεςpaschontesG3958accordingκατὰkataG2596tothewillofGodθεοῦtheouG2316commitπαρατιθέσθωσανparatithesthōsanG3908theirsoulsψυχὰςpsuchasG5590inwell-doing untoafaithfulπιστῷpistōG4103Creator.

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