| New Living Translation | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin. | 1Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve--because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin-- |
| 2You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God. | 2in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God's will. |
| 3You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols. | 3For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry. |
| 4Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you. | 4So they are surprised that you don't plunge with them into the same flood of wild living--and they slander you. |
| 5But remember that they will have to face God, who stands ready to judge everyone, both the living and the dead. | 5They will give an account to the One who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. |
| 6That is why the Good News was preached to those who are now dead —so although they were destined to die like all people, they now live forever with God in the Spirit. | 6For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead, so that, although they might be judged by men in the fleshly realm, they might live by God in the spiritual realm. |
| 7The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers. | 7Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer. |
| 8Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. | 8Above all, maintain an intense love for each other, since love covers a multitude of sins. |
| 9Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay. | 9Be hospitable to one another without complaining. |
| 10God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. | 10Based on the gift each one has received, use it to serve others, as good managers of the varied grace of God. |
| 11Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen. Suffering for Being a Christian | 11If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God's words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. |
| 12Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you. | 12Dear friends, don't be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you. |
| 13Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world. | 13Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory. |
| 14If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you. | 14If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. |
| 15If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs. | 15None of you, however, should suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler. |
| 16But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name! | 16But if anyone suffers as a "Christian," he should not be ashamed but should glorify God in having that name. |
| 17For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin with God’s household. And if judgment begins with us, what terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God’s Good News? | 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? |
| 18And also, “If the righteous are barely saved, what will happen to godless sinners?” | 18And if a righteous person is saved with difficulty, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner? |
| 19So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you. | 19So those who suffer according to God's will should, while doing what is good, entrust themselves to a faithful Creator. |
| Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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