Epistle
1 Pet 4.12-5.5
Read in contextMy beloved,
4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
4:13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
4:14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
4:15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
4:16Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
4:17For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God?
4:18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
4:19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
5:1The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
5:3Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
5:4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.