Seeing therefore Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same thought, that he, who hath mortified the flesh, hath ceased from sin;

in which they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, and therefore speak evil of you:

Beloved, be not surprised at the fiery trial coming upon you, which is to try you, as if some strange thing befel you:

whom resist, stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are endured by your brethren in the world.