1 Peter 4
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1 Peter 4:14-19

14If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you.

15If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.

16But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name!

17For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin with God’s household. And if judgment begins with us, what terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God’s Good News?

18And also, “If the righteous are barely saved, what will happen to godless sinners?”

19So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you.

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