| 4:1 | So, 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,* |
| 4:2 | in that he spends the rest of his time* on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires. |
| 4:3 | For 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.* |
| 4:4 | So* they are astonished* when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.* |
| 4:5 | They will face a reckoning before* Jesus Christ* who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. |
| 4:6 | Now 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.* |
| 4:7 | For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.* |
| 4:8 | Above all keep* your love for one another fervent,* because love covers a multitude of sins.* |
| 4:9 | Show hospitality* to one another without complaining. |
| 4:10 | Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another* as good stewards of the varied grace of God. |
| 4:11 | Whoever speaks, let it be with* God’s words.* Whoever serves, do so with the strength* that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong* the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. |
| 4:12 | Dear friends, do not be astonished* that a trial by fire is occurring among you,* as though something strange were happening to you. |
| 4:13 | But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed* you may also rejoice and be glad.* |
| 4:14 | If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory,* who is the Spirit of God,* rests* on you. |
| 4:15 | But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.* |
| 4:16 | But if you suffer as a Christian,* do not be ashamed, but glorify* God that you bear such a name.* |
| 4:17 | For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house* of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate* of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God? |
| 4:18 | And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of* the ungodly and sinners?* |
| 4:19 | So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.* |
1 Peter 4 - NET Bible [draft]
