1 Peter 4

1 Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind, because he who suffered in the flesh has finished [with] sin,

Therefore, since Christ suffered on our behalf in flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mentality (for the one who has ‘suffered in flesh’ has been made to cease from sin)

2 no longer in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

so as not to live your remaining time in flesh for human lusts any longer, but for the will of God.

3 for the time has sufficiently passed to have carried out the will of the nations, having walked in licentiousness, lusts, excesses of wines, revelings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

Because the time that has passed is plenty for you to have performed the will of the pagans—having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, carousings and disgusting idolatries—

4 in which they think it strange—your not running with them to the same excess of wastefulness, slandering [you]—

in regard to which they are disagreeably surprised at your not running with them into the same flood of debauchery, reviling you;

5 who will give an account to Him who is ready to judge [the] living and [the] dead,

they will give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead

6 for this also was good news proclaimed to dead men, that they may be judged, indeed, according to men in the flesh, but may live according to God in the Spirit.

(which is precisely why dead ones were once evangelized, that they should be judged as men in flesh, to be sure, but that they should live according to God in spirit).

7 Now the end of all things has come near; be sober-minded, then, and be sober in [your] prayers.

The end of all things has approached; therefore be serious and self-controlled in your praying.

8 Before all things, having earnest love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;

Above all things your love for one another should be constant, because love covers a multitude of sins.

9 [be] hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

10 each [one], according as he received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

As each has received a gift, minister it to one another as good administrators of God's varied grace.

11 if anyone speaks, [speak] as oracles of God; if anyone ministers, [minister] as of the strength which God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power through the ages of the ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)

If anyone speaks, let it be as utterances of God. If anyone serves, let it be as from strength as God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion throughout the ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)

12 Beloved, do not think it strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

Dear ones, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you as a test, as though something strange was happening to you,

13 but according as you have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice, that you may also rejoice in the revelation of His glory—exulting;

but to the extent that you share in Christ's sufferings, rejoice, so that at the revelation of His glory you also may rejoice a great deal more.

14 if you are reproached in the Name of Christ—[you are] blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you; in regard, indeed, to them, is evil spoken of Him, and in regard to you, He is glorified;

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of the glory and of God has come to rest upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.

15 for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as a meddler into other men’s matters;

Now do not any of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in others' affairs;

16 and if as a Christian, do not let him be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this respect;

but if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.

17 because it is the time of the judgment to have begun from the house of God, and if first from us, what [is] the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?

Because the time has come for judgment to begin at God's house; now if it starts with us, what will be the end of those who keep disobeying the Gospel of God?

18 And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and sinner appear?

Also, ‘If the righteous one is saved with difficulty, where will the godless and sinful person appear?’

19 So that those also suffering according to the will of God, as to a steadfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in doing good.

And so let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.