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so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.
For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
You 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.
With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;
Of 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.
but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
But remember that they will have to face God, who stands ready to judge everyone, both the living and the dead.
For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.
The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.
whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies — in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Do 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 as a Christian
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Suffering for Being a Christian
Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.
But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
Instead, 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.
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name!
For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
For 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?