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that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, 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.
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.
In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of 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.
They will give an 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 reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
Serving for God’s Glory
But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.
As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.
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 for God’s Glory
Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;
Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened 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 to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
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.
If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.
But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name!
For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of 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?
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“If the righteous one is scarcely saved,
Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
“If the righteous one is scarcely saved,
Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?”