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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Peter 4 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_peter/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_peter/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > 1 Peter 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_peter/3.htm" title="1 Peter 3">◄</a> 1 Peter 4 <a href="../1_peter/5.htm" title="1 Peter 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/1_peter/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Good Managers of God’s Grace</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Therefore, since the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:1 Or Christ">a</a></span> suffered in a mortal body,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:1 Other mss. read suffered for us; still other mss. read suffered for you">b</a></span> you, too, must arm yourselves with the same determination, because the person who has suffered in a mortal body has stopped sinning, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>so that he can live the rest of his mortal life<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:2 Lit. time">c</a></span> guided, not by human desires, but by the will of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For you spent enough time in the past doing what the gentiles like to do, living in sensuality, sinful desires, drunkenness, wild celebrations, drinking parties, and detestable idolatry. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They insult you now because they are surprised that you are no longer joining them in the same excesses of wild living. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Indeed, this is why the gospel was proclaimed even to those who have died, so that they could be judged in their mortal flesh like all humans and live in the spiritual realm like God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Because everything will soon come to an end, be sensible and clear-headed, so you can pray. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Above all, continue to love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Show hospitality to one another without complaining. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As good servant managers of God’s grace in its various forms, serve one another with the gift each of you has received. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Whoever speaks must speak God’s words.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:11 Lit. If anyone speaks as the words of God">d</a></span> Whoever serves must serve with the strength<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:11 Lit. Whoever serves as with the strength">e</a></span> that God supplies, so that in every way God may be glorified through Jesus, the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:11 Or Christ">f</a></span> Glory and power belong to him forever and ever! Amen.</p> <p class="heading">Suffering as a Christian</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Dear friends, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Instead, because you are participating in the sufferings of the Messiah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:13 Or Christ">g</a></span> keep on rejoicing, so that you may be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If you are insulted because of the name of the Messiah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:14 Or Christ">h</a></span> you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:14 Other mss. read on you. For their sake he is being blasphemed, but for your sake he is being glorified.">i</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Of course, none of you should suffer for being a murderer, thief, criminal, or troublemaker. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But if you suffer for being a Christian, do not feel ashamed, but glorify God with that name. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. And if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who refuse to obey the gospel of God?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“If it is hard for the righteous person to be saved,</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">what will happen to the ungodly and sinful person?”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:18 Cf. Prov 11:31 (LXX)">j</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do what is good.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 4:1 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 4:1 Other mss. read <i>suffered for us</i>; still other mss. read <i>suffered for you</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 4:2 Lit. <i>time</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 4:11 Lit. <i>If anyone speaks as the words of God</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 4:11 Lit. <i>Whoever serves as with the strength</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 4:11 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 4:13 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 4:14 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 4:14 Other mss. read <i>on you. For their sake he is being blasphemed, but for your sake he is being glorified.</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 4:18 Cf. 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