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1 Foras­much then as Christ hath suf­fered for us in the flesh, arm your­selves like­wise with the same mind: for he that hath suf­fered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may suf­fice us to have wrought the will of the Gen­tiles, when we walked in las­civ­i­ous­ness, lusts, ex­cess of wine, rev­el­lings, ban­quet­ings, and abom­inable idol­a­tries: 4 Where­in they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same ex­cess of ri­ot, speak­ing evil of you: 5 Who shall give ac­count to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged ac­cord­ing to men in the flesh, but live ac­cord­ing to God in the spir­it. 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye there­fore sober, and watch unto prayer. 8 And above all things have fer­vent char­i­ty among your­selves: for char­i­ty shall cov­er the mul­ti­tude of sins. 9 Use hos­pi­tal­i­ty one to an­oth­er with­out grudg­ing. 10 As ev­ery man hath re­ceived the gift, even so min­is­ter the same one to an­oth­er, as good stew­ards of the man­i­fold grace of God. 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the or­a­cles of God; if any man min­is­ter, let him do it as of the abil­i­ty which God giveth: that God in all things may be glo­ri­fied through Je­sus Christ, to whom be praise and do­min­ion for ever and ev­er. Amen. 12 Beloved, think it not strange con­cern­ing the fiery tri­al which is to try you, as though some strange thing hap­pened unto you: 13 But 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. 14 If 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. 15 But 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. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Chris­tian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glo­ri­fy God on this be­half. 17 For 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? 18 And if the righ­teous scarce­ly be saved, where shall the un­god­ly and the sin­ner ap­pear? 19 Where­fore 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.