1 Peter 4:1-9

1So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

2in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

3For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.

4So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.

5They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.

6Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human standards they may live spiritually by God’s standards.

7For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

8Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.