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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same understanding--because the one who suffers in the flesh is finished with sin-- |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God's will. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4They are surprised that you don't join them in the same flood of wild living--and they slander you. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5They will give an account to the one who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead, so that, although they might be judged in the flesh according to human standards, they might live in the spirit according to God's standards. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Be hospitable to one another without complaining. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11If anyone speaks, let it be as one who speaks God's words; if anyone serves, let it be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Dear friends, don't be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also rejoice with great joy when his glory is revealed. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed but let him glorify God in having that name. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For the time has come for judgment to begin with God's household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God? |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18And if a righteous person is saved with difficulty, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner? |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19So then, let those who suffer according to God's will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator while doing what is good. |
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