1 Peter 4

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 As Christ has undergone bodily suffering, you too should arm yourselves with the same conviction, thatanyone who has undergone bodily suffering has broken with sin,	1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same attitude (for whoever suffers in the flesh has broken with sin),
2 because for the rest of life on earth that person is ruled not by human passions but only by the wil ofGod.	2 so as not to spend what remains of one's life in the flesh on human desires, but on the will of God.
3 You spent quite long enough in the past living the sort of life that gentiles choose to live, behaving in adebauched way, giving way to your passions, drinking to excess, having wild parties and drunken orgies andsacrilegiously worshipping false gods.	3 For the time that has passed is sufficient for doing what the Gentiles like to do: living in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and wanton idolatry.
4 So people are taken aback that you no longer hurry off with them to join this flood which is rushingdown to ruin, and then abuse you for it.	4 They are surprised that you do not plunge into the same swamp of profligacy, and they vilify you;
5 They wil have to answer for it before the judge who is to judge the living and the dead.	5 but they will give an account to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
6 And this was why the gospel was brought to the dead as wel , so that, though in their bodies they hadundergone the judgement that faces al humanity, in their spirit they might enjoy the life of God.	6 For this is why the gospel was preached even to the dead that, though condemned in the flesh in human estimation, they might live in the spirit in the estimation of God.
7 The end of all things is near, so keep your minds calm and sober for prayer.	7 The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be serious and sober for prayers.
8 Above al preserve an intense love for each other, since love covers over many a sin.	8 Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins.
9 Welcome each other into your houses without grumbling.	9 Be hospitable to one another without complaining.
10 Each one of you has received a special grace, so, like good stewards responsible for all these variedgraces of God, put it at the service of others.	10 As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace.
11 If anyone is a speaker, let it be as the words of God, if anyone serves, let it be as in strength grantedby God; so that in everything God may receive the glory, through Jesus Christ, since to him alone belong alglory and power for ever and ever. Amen.	11 Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God; whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
12 My dear friends, do not be taken aback at the testing by fire which is taking place among you, asthough something strange were happening to you;	12 Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as if something strange were happening to you.
13 but in so far as you share in the sufferings of Christ, be glad, so that you may enjoy a much greatergladness when his glory is revealed.	13 But rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly.
14 If you are insulted for bearing Christ's name, blessed are you, for on you rests the Spirit of God, theSpirit of glory.	14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
15 None of you should ever deserve to suffer for being a murderer, a thief, a criminal or an informer;	15 But let no one among you be made to suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as an intriguer.
16 but if any one of you should suffer for being a Christian, then there must be no shame but thanksgiving to God for bearing this name.	16 But whoever is made to suffer as a Christian should not be ashamed but glorify God because of the name.
17 The time has come for the judgement to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, whatwil be the end for those who refuse to believe God's gospel?	17 For it is time for the judgment to begin with the household of God; if it begins with us, how will it end for those who fail to obey the gospel of God?
18 If it is hard for the upright to be saved, what wil happen to the wicked and to sinners?	18 "And if the righteous one is barely saved, where will the godless and the sinner appear?"
19 So even those whom God allows to suffer should commit themselves to a Creator who is trustworthy,and go on doing good.	19 As a result, those who suffer in accord with God's will hand their souls over to a faithful creator as they do good.