Berean Standard Bible

1 Peter 4:8-18

8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.1 9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

10As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another. 11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

12Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.

14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.2 15Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler. 16But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.3 17For 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 disobey the gospel of God? 18And,

“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”4

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Notes

1. 1 Peter 4:8 See Proverbs 10:12 ↩
2. 1 Peter 4:14 BYZ and TR include On their part He is spoken of as evil, but on your part He is glorified. ↩
3. 1 Peter 4:16 Literally glorify God in that name; NA glorify God in this matter ↩
4. 1 Peter 4:18 Proverbs 11:31 (see also LXX) ↩

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