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| 4:1 |
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same thought, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
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| 4:2 |
so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer by human passions but by the will of God.
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| 4:3 |
Let the time that is past suffice for doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.
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| 4:4 |
They are surprised that you do not now join them in the same wild profligacy, and they abuse you;
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| 4:5 |
but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
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| 4:6 |
For this is why the gospel was preached even to the dead, that though judged in the flesh like men, they might live in the spirit like God.
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| 4:7 |
The end of all things is at hand;therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers.
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| 4:8 |
Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.
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| 4:9 |
Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another.
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| 4:10 |
As each has received a gift, employ it for one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
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| 4:11 |
whoever speaks, as one who utters oracles of God;whoever renders service, as one who renders it by the strength which God supplies;in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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| 4:12 |
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you.
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| 4:13 |
But rejoice in so far as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
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| 4:14 |
If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
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| 4:15 |
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker;
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| 4:16 |
yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God.
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| 4:17 |
For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God;and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
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| 4:18 |
And 'If the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the impious and sinner appear?'
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| 4:19 |
Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.
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