1 Peter 4 NKJV

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therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And above all things have fervent love for one another, for <span class="oblique">“love will cover a multitude of sins.”</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><i>Be</i> hospitable to one another without grumbling. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If anyone speaks, <i>let him speak</i> as the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>oracles of God. If anyone ministers, <i>let him do it</i> as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>dominion forever and ever. Amen.</span></p> <h3> Suffering for God’s Glory</span></h3><p><span class="text 1Pet-4-12"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If you are <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>reproached for the name of Christ, blessed <i>are you,</i> for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>busybody in other people’s matters. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Yet if <i>anyone suffers</i> as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>matter.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the time <i>has come</i> for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if <i>it begins</i> with us first, what will <i>be</i> the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text 1Pet-4-18"><span class="oblique">“If the righteous one is scarcely saved,</span></span><br /><span class="text 1Pet-4-18"><span class="oblique">Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?”</span></span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls <i>to Him</i> in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-30448a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 4:1">1 Peter 4:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>for us</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30450b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 4:3">1 Peter 4:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>time</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30458c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 4:11">1 Peter 4:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>utterances</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30458d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 4:11">1 Peter 4:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>sovereignty</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30461e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 4:14">1 Peter 4:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>insulted</i> or <i>reviled</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30461f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 4:14">1 Peter 4:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits the rest of v. <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="1Pet.4.14" href="/passage/?search=1Pet.4.14&version=NKJV">14</span>.</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30462g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 4:15">1 Peter 4:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>meddler</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30463h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Peter 4:16">1 Peter 4:16</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>name</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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