1 Peter 4

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 Since Christ has suffered in the flesh, you also should be armed with the same intention. For he who suffers in the flesh desists from 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 that now he may live, for the remainder of his time in the flesh, not by the desires of men, but by 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 to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, those who have walked in luxuries, lusts, intoxication, feasting, drinking, and the illicit worship of idols.
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 About this, they wonder why you do not rush with them into the same confusion of indulgences, blaspheming.
5 They wil have to answer for it before the judge who is to judge the living and the dead.	5 But they must render an account to him who is prepared 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 because of this, the Gospel was also preached to the dead, so that they might be judged, certainly, just like men in the flesh, yet also, so that they might live according to God, in the Spirit.
7 The end of all things is near, so keep your minds calm and sober for prayer.	7 But the end of everything draws near. And so, be prudent, and be vigilant in your prayers.
8 Above al preserve an intense love for each other, since love covers over many a sin.	8 But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins.
9 Welcome each other into your houses without grumbling.	9 Show hospitality 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 Just as each of you has received grace, minister in the same way to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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 When anyone speaks, it should be like words of God. When anyone ministers, it should be from the virtue that God provides, so that in all things God may be honored through Jesus Christ. To him is 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 Most beloved, do not choose to sojourn in the passion which is a temptation to you, as if something new might happen 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 instead, commune in the Passion of Christ, and be glad that, when his glory will be revealed, you too may rejoice with exultation.
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 reproached for the name of Christ, you will be blessed, because that which is of the honor, glory, and power of God, and that which is of his Spirit, 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 none of you suffer for being a murderer, or a thief, or a slanderer, or one who covets what belongs to another.
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 if one of you suffers for being a Christian, he should not be ashamed. Instead, he should glorify God in that 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 that judgment begin at the house of God. And if it is first from us, what shall be the end of those who do not believe 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 just man will scarcely be saved, where will the impious 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 Therefore, too, let those who suffer according to the will of God commend their souls by good deeds to the faithful Creator.