Thematic Bible




1 Peter 4:1 (show verse)

Therefore, [because] Christ suffered in the flesh, you also equip yourselves with the same way of thinking, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

1 Peter 4:2 (show verse)

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.

1 Peter 4:3 (show verse)

For the time that has passed [was] sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}, having lived in licentiousness, [evil] desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,

1 Peter 4:4 (show verse)

with respect to which they are surprised [when] you do not run with [them] into the same flood of dissipation, [and so they] revile [you].

1 Peter 4:5 (show verse)

They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

1 Peter 4:6 (show verse)

Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged {by human standards} in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit {by God's standards}.

1 Peter 4:7 (show verse)

Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.

1 Peter 4:8 (show verse)

Above all, keep your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.

1 Peter 4:9 (show verse)

[Be] hospitable to one another without complaining.

1 Peter 4:10 (show verse)

Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

1 Peter 4:11 (show verse)

If anyone speaks, [let it be] as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, [let it be] as by the strength that God provides, so that in all [things] God will be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power {forever and ever}. Amen.

1 Peter 4:12 (show verse)

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if] [something] strange were happening to you.

1 Peter 4:13 (show verse)

But to the degree that you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice [and] be glad.

1 Peter 4:14 (show verse)

If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, [you are] blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

1 Peter 4:15 (show verse)

By all means do not let anyone of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.

1 Peter 4:16 (show verse)

But if [someone suffers] as a Christian, he must not be ashamed, but must glorify God with this name.

1 Peter 4:17 (show verse)

For [it is] the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if [it begins] out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

1 Peter 4:18 (show verse)

And if the righteous are saved with difficulty, {what will become of the ungodly and the sinner}?

1 Peter 4:19 (show verse)

So then also those who suffer according to the will of God must entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good.