New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Peter 4:7-13

7 1The end of all things 2is near; therefore, 3be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of 4prayer. 8Above all, 5keep fervent in your love for one another, because 6love covers a multitude of sins. 9 7Be hospitable to one another without 8complaint. 10 9As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good 10stewards of the 11multifaceted grace of God. 11 12Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking 13actual words of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving 14 15by the strength which God supplies; so that 16in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, 17to whom belongs the glory and 18dominion forever and ever. Amen.

12 19Beloved, do not be surprised at the 20fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though something strange were happening to you; 13but to the degree that you 21share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that at the 22revelation of His glory 23you may also rejoice and be overjoyed.

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Notes

1. 1 Peter 4:7 Rom 13:11; Heb 9:26; James 5:8; 1 John 2:18 ↩
2. 1 Peter 4:7 Lit has come near ↩
3. 1 Peter 4:7 1 Pet 1:13 ↩
4. 1 Peter 4:7 Lit prayers ↩
5. 1 Peter 4:8 1 Pet 1:22 ↩
6. 1 Peter 4:8 Prov 10:12; 1 Cor 13:4ff; James 5:20 ↩
7. 1 Peter 4:9 1 Tim 3:2; Heb 13:2 ↩
8. 1 Peter 4:9 Phil 2:14 ↩
9. 1 Peter 4:10 Rom 12:6f ↩
10. 1 Peter 4:10 1 Cor 4:1 ↩
11. 1 Peter 4:10 Or manifold ↩
12. 1 Peter 4:11 1 Thess 2:4; Titus 2:1, 15; Heb 13:7 ↩
13. 1 Peter 4:11 Acts 7:38 ↩
14. 1 Peter 4:11 Lit from ↩
15. 1 Peter 4:11 Eph 1:19; 6:10 ↩
16. 1 Peter 4:11 1 Cor 10:31; 1 Pet 2:12 ↩
17. 1 Peter 4:11 Rom 11:36; 1 Pet 5:11; Rev 1:6; 5:13 ↩
18. 1 Peter 4:11 Or power ↩
19. 1 Peter 4:12 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
20. 1 Peter 4:12 1 Pet 1:6f ↩
21. 1 Peter 4:13 Rom 8:17; 2 Cor 1:5; 4:10; Phil 3:10 ↩
22. 1 Peter 4:13 2 Tim 2:12 ↩
23. 1 Peter 4:13 1 Pet 1:7; 5:1 ↩

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