1 Peter 4

NEW JERUSALEM	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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 therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same thought, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased 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 as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer by human passions 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 Let the time that is past suffice for doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless 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 now join them in the same wild profligacy, and they abuse 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 account to him who is 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 judged in the flesh like men, they might live in the spirit like 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 keep sane and sober for your prayers.
8 Above al preserve an intense love for each other, since love covers over many a sin.	8 Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.
9 Welcome each other into your houses without grumbling.	9 Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another.
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 has received a gift, employ it for 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 speaks, as one who utters oracles of God; whoever renders service, as one who renders it by the strength which God supplies; in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion for ever 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 at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though 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 in so far as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
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 are blessed, because 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 none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker;
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 yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God.
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 the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not 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 man is scarcely saved, where will the impious and 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 let those who suffer according to God's will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.