< 1 Peter 4 >
1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
If then the Meshiha hath suffered for you in the flesh, be you also armed in it with the same mind; for every one who dieth in his body hath ceased from all sins,
2 Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
that henceforth to the lusts of men he should not live, what time he is in the body, but to the will of Aloha.
3 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
For the time which hath passed sufficeth to have served the will of the Gentiles in indulgence, in drunkenness, in vileness, in revellings, and in the service of demons.
4 Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.
And, behold, now they wonder and blaspheme at you because you riot not with them in that former indulgence;
5 But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
they who shall give account to Aloha, who will judge the dead and the living.
6 That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
For on this account the dead also have been evangelized; that they might be judged as men in the flesh, and live with Aloha in the Spirit.
7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
BUT the end of all cometh; therefore be sober, and watch unto prayer.
8 Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
And before every thing have ardent love for one another; for love covereth a multitude of sins.
9 Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
And be lovers of guests without murmuring.
10 As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
And every man of you the gift which he hath received from Aloha, let him minister thereof unto his neighbours as good stewards of the various grace of Aloha.
11 If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. (aiōn )
Whoever shall speak, as the word of Aloha let him speak and whoever ministereth, (he shall minister) as from the power which Aloha giveth to him, that in every thing which you do Aloha may be glorified through Jeshu Meshiha, whose are the glory and honour to the age of ages. Amen. (aiōn )
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
My beloved, be not amazed at the temptations which you have, as that something strange happeneth to you, because for your probation they have been;
13 But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
but rejoice that you are partakers of the sufferings of the Meshiha, that so also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice and exult.
14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
And if you be reviled for the sake of the name of the Meshiha, you are happy; for the Spirit of the glory of Aloha resteth upon you.
15 Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.
Only, let no man of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as a doer of evils.
16 But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
But if he suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify Aloha in that very name.
17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
For the time is, that judgment shall begin from the house of Aloha. But if from us it begin, what is the end (to be) of them who obey not the gospel of Aloha?
18 And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, the wicked and the sinner where shall he be found?
19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
Wherefore, let them who suffer according to the will of Aloha commend to him their souls in good works, as unto the Faithful Creator.