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1 Peter 4

1ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547,then,havingsufferedπαθόντοςpathontosG3958forusin[the]fleshσαρκὶsarkiG4561,doyealsoκαὶkaiG2532armyourselveswiththesameαὐτὴνautēnG846mind;forhethathassufferedπαθὼνpathōnG3958in[the]fleshσαρκὶsarkiG4561hasdonewithsinἁμαρτίας·hamartiasG266,

2noμηκέτιmēketiG3371longerG3371tolivetherestof[his]timeχρόνον.chrononG5550in[the]fleshσαρκὶsarkiG4561tomen'slustsG1939,buttoGod'swill.

3ForthetimeχρόνοςchronosG5550past[is]sufficientἀρκετὸςarketosG713[forus]tohavewroughtthewilloftheGentilesἐθνῶνethnōnG1484,walkingG4198inlasciviousness,lustsἐπιθυμίαις,epithumiaisG1939, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings,andunhallowedidolatriesG1495.

4WhereintheythinkitstrangeξενίζονταιxenizontaiG3579thatyerunnotwith[them]tothesameαὐτὴνautēnG846sinkofcorruption, speaking injuriously [ofyou];

5whoshallrenderG591accountλόγονlogonG3056tohimwhoisreadyἑτοίμωςhetoimōsG2093tojudgeκρῖναιkrinaiG2919[the]livingG2198and[the]deadνεκρούς.nekrousG3498.

6Fortothis[end]weretheglad tidingspreachedto[the]deadνεκροῖςnekroisG3498alsoG2532,thattheymightbejudgedG2919,asregardsmenG444,after[the]fleshσαρκί,sarkiG4561,butliveζῶσινzōsinG2198,asregardsGodθεὸνtheonG2316,after[the]Spiritπνεύματι.¶pneumatiG4151.

7ButtheendτέλοςtelosG5056ofallthingsG3956isdrawn nigh:besoberνήψατεnēpsateG3525thereforeοὖνounG3767,andbewatchful untoprayersπροσευχάς,proseuchasG4335;

8butbeforeallthingsπάντωνpantōnG3956havingferventloveἀγάπηνagapēnG26amongyourselves,becauseloveἀγάπηagapēG26coversκαλύπτειkalupteiG2572amultitudeπλῆθοςplēthosG4128ofsinsἁμαρτιῶν.hamartiōnG266;

9hospitableφιλόξενοιphiloxenoiG5382oneἀλλήλουςallēlousG240toanother,withoutmurmuring;

10eachaccordingashehasreceivedG2983agiftχάρισμαcharismaG5486,ministeringG1247ittooneG1538another,asgoodκαλοὶkaloiG2570stewardsοἰκονόμοιoikonomoiG3623of[the]variousG4164graceχάριτοςcharitosG5485ofGodθεοῦ·theouG2316.

11IfanyoneG5100speakλαλεῖlaleiG2980—asoraclesofGodθεοῦ·theouG2316;ifanyoneG5100ministerG1247—asofstrengthἰσχύοςischuosG2479whichGodθεός·theosG2316supplies;thatGodθεὸςtheosG2316inallthingsπᾶσινpasinG3956maybeἐστινestinG1510glorifiedG1392throughJesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547,towhomisG1510thegloryδόξαdoxaG1391andthemightfortheagesαἰῶναςaiōnasG165ofagesαἰώνων,aiōnōnG165.Amenἀμήν.¶amēnG281.

12BelovedἈγαπητοί,AgapētoiG27,takenot[as]strangeξένουxenouG3581thefire [ofpersecution]whichhastakenplaceγινομένῃginomenēG1096amongstyoufor[your]trialπειρασμὸνpeirasmonG3986,asifastrangeG3581thingwashappeningG1096toyou;

13butasyehaveshareG2841inthesufferingsofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547,rejoiceχαίρετε,chaireteG5463,thatintherevelationἀποκαλύψειapokalupseiG602ofhisgloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391alsoκαὶkaiG2532yemayrejoiceχαρῆτεcharēteG5463withexultation.

14Ifyearereproachedin[the]nameὀνόματιonomatiG3686ofChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547,blessed[areye];forthe[SpiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151]ofgloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391andtheSpiritG4151ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316restsG373uponyou: [ontheirpartheisblasphemed,butonyourpartheisglorified.]

15LetnoneofyousufferπασχέτωpaschetōG3958indeedG1063asmurdererφονεὺςphoneusG5406,orthiefκλέπτηςkleptēsG2812,orevildoerG2555,orasoverseerofotherpeople's matters;

16butifasachristianΧριστιανός,ChristianosG5546, lethimnotbeashamedαἰσχυνέσθω,aischunesthōG153,butglorifyδοξαζέτωdoxazetōG1392GodθεὸνtheonG2316inthisnameG3686.

17ForthetimeκαιρὸςkairosG2540ofhavingthejudgmentκρίμαkrimaG2917beginG757fromthehouseοἴκουoikouG3624ofGodθεοῦ·theouG2316[iscome];butiffirstπρῶτονprōtonG4413fromus,what[shallbe]theendG5056ofthosewhoobeynottheglad tidingsofGodθεοῦtheouG2316?

18AndiftherighteousδίκαιοςdikaiosG1342isdifficultlysavedG4982,whereποῦpouG4226shalltheimpiousand[the]sinnerἁμαρτωλὸςhamartōlosG268appearφανεῖται;phaneitaiG5316?

19WhereforealsoκαὶkaiG2532letthemwhosufferπάσχοντεςpaschontesG3958accordingκατὰkataG2596tothewillofGodθεοῦtheouG2316commitπαρατιθέσθωσανparatithesthōsanG3908theirsoulsψυχὰςpsuchasG5590inwell-doingtoafaithfulπιστῷpistōG4103Creator.

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