1 Peter 4:6-18

⁶so that although they were rightly judged as far as being sinful human beings is concerned, they could live in the spirit as far as God is concerned.

⁷Everything is coming to an end! So think clearly and stay alert when you pray.

⁸Most of all, you should love one another very deeply, for love covers many of the wrong things people do.

⁹Show hospitality to each another, and don't complain.

¹⁰Whatever gift you've been given, share it with others among you, as people who wisely demonstrate God's grace in all its different forms.

¹¹Anyone who speaks should do so as though God is speaking through them. Anyone who wants to help others should do so through the strength that God gives, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. May glory and power be his forever and ever. Amen.

¹²My friends, don't be alarmed at the “ordeals of fire” you're having, as if these were unexpected.

¹³Be happy to the extent that you share in Christ's suffering, because when he appears in his glory, you will be incredibly happy!

¹⁴If you are cursed in Christ's name, you're blessed, for God's glorious spirit rests on you.

¹⁵If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer, or a thief, or a criminal, or as a gossip—

¹⁶but if it's as a Christian, then you don't need to be ashamed. Instead praise God that you're called by that name!

¹⁷For the time of judgment has come—and it begins with the house of God. If it begins with us, what will be the end of those who reject God's good news?

¹⁸“If it's hard for those who live right to be saved, what will happen to sinners, those who oppose God?”