1 Peter · Literal Standard Version
1 Peter 4 Literal Standard Version
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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,
1 Χριστοῦ οὖν παθόντος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν σαρκὶ καὶ ὑμεῖς τὴν αὐτὴν ἔννοιαν ὁπλίσασθε, ὅτι ὁ παθὼν [ἐν] σαρκὶ πέπαυται ἁμαρτίας,
2 no longer in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;
2 εἰς τὸ μηκέτι ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαις, ἀλλὰ θελήματι Θεοῦ τὸν ἐπίλοιπον ἐν σαρκὶ βιῶσαι χρόνον.
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,
3 ἀρκετὸς γὰρ ὑμῖν ὁ παρεληλυθὼς χρόνος τοῦ βίου τὸ θέλημα τῶν ἐθνῶν κατεργάσασθαι, πεπορευμένους ἐν ἀσελγείαις, ἐπιθυμίαις, οἰνοφλυγίαις, κώμοις, πότοις καὶ ἀθεμίτοις εἰδωλολατρείαις.
4 in which they think it strange—your not running with them to the same excess of wastefulness, slandering [you]—
4 ἐν ᾧ ξενίζονται μὴ συντρεχόντων ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν τῆς ἀσωτίας ἀνάχυσιν, βλασφημοῦντες·
5 who will give an account to Him who is ready to judge [the] living and [the] dead,
5 οἳ ἀποδώσουσι λόγον τῷ ἑτοίμως ἔχοντι κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς.
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.
6 εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ νεκροῖς εὐηγγελίσθη, ἵνα κριθῶσι μὲν κατὰ ἀνθρώπους σαρκί, ζῶσι δὲ κατὰ Θεὸν πνεύματι.
7 Now the end of all things has come near; be sober-minded, then, and be sober in [your] prayers.
7 Πάντων δὲ τὸ τέλος ἤγγικε. σωφρονήσατε οὖν καὶ νήψατε εἰς τὰς προσευχάς·
8 Before all things, having earnest love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;
8 πρὸ πάντων δὲ τὴν εἰς ἑαυτοὺς ἀγάπην ἐκτενῆ ἔχοντες, ὅτι [ἡ] ἀγάπη καλύψει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν·
9 [be] hospitable to one another, without murmuring;
9 φιλόξενοι εἰς ἀλλήλους ἄνευ γογγυσμῶν·
10 each [one], according as he received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
10 ἕκαστος καθὼς ἔλαβε χάρισμα, εἰς ἑαυτοὺς αὐτὸ διακονοῦντες ὡς καλοὶ οἰκονόμοι ποικίλης χάριτος Θεοῦ·
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.
11 εἴ τις λαλεῖ, ὡς λόγια Θεοῦ· εἴ τις διακονεῖ, ὡς ἐξ ἰσχύος, ὡς χορηγεῖ ὁ Θεός· ἵνα ἐν πᾶσι δοξάζηται ὁ Θεὸς διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἐστιν ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν.
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,
12 Ἀγαπητοί, μὴ ξενίζεσθε τῇ ἐν ὑμῖν πυρώσει πρὸς πειρασμὸν ὑμῖν γινομένῃ, ὡς ξένου ὑμῖν συμβαίνοντος,
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;
13 ἀλλὰ καθὸ κοινωνεῖτε τοῖς τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθήμασι, χαίρετε, ἵνα καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀποκαλύψει τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ χαρῆτε ἀγαλλιώμενοι.
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;
14 εἰ ὀνειδίζεσθε ἐν ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ, μακάριοι, ὅτι τὸ τῆς δόξης καὶ δυνάμεως καὶ τὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ Πνεῦμα ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἀναπαύεται· κατὰ μὲν αὐτοὺς βλασφημεῖται, κατὰ δὲ ὑμᾶς δοξάζεται.
15 for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as a meddler into other men’s matters;
15 μὴ γάρ τις ὑμῶν πασχέτω ὡς φονεὺς ἢ κλέπτης ἢ κακοποιὸς ἢ ὡς ἀλλοτριοεπίσκοπος·
16 and if as a Christian, do not let him be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this respect;
16 εἰ δὲ ὡς Χριστιανός, μὴ αἰσχυνέσθω, δοξαζέτω δὲ τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τῷ μέρει τούτῳ.
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?
17 ὅτι ὁ καιρὸς τοῦ ἄρξασθαι τὸ κρῖμα ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ· εἰ δὲ πρῶτον ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν, τί τὸ τέλος τῶν ἀπειθούντων τῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ εὐαγγελίῳ;
18 And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and sinner appear?
18 καὶ εἰ ὁ δίκαιος μόλις σῴζεται, ὁ ἀσεβὴς καὶ ἁμαρτωλὸς ποῦ φανεῖται;
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.
19 ὥστε καὶ οἱ πάσχοντες κατὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὡς πιστῷ κτίστῃ παρατιθέσθωσαν τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν ἐν ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ.
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Galatians 5:24; 1 Peter 3:18; Colossians 3:3–5; Romans 6:11; Galatians 2:20
- 2 Ephesians 4:22–24; 1 Peter 1:14; Ephesians 6:6; Romans 6:11; Titus 3:3–8
- 3 1 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 1 Peter 1:14; Ephesians 2:2–3
- 4 1 Peter 3:16; 1 Peter 2:12; Jude 10; Acts 18:6; Acts 13:45
- 5 James 5:9; 2 Timothy 4:1; Acts 10:42; Romans 14:10–12; John 5:22–23
- 6 Romans 8:2; 1 Peter 3:19; John 5:25–26; Romans 8:9–11; Ephesians 2:3–5
- 7 James 5:8–9; 1 Peter 1:13; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:5; Luke 21:34
- 8 Proverbs 10:12; Colossians 3:14; Proverbs 17:9; James 5:20; 1 Peter 1:22
- 9 Hebrews 13:2; Romans 12:13; Philippians 2:14; Hebrews 13:16; 1 Timothy 3:2
- 10 Romans 12:6–8; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11; 1 Corinthians 4:1–2; Mark 10:45; Hebrews 6:10
- 11 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Peter 4:10; Ephesians 6:10; Ephesians 4:29; 1 Corinthians 12:4
- 12 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Peter 1:6–7; 1 Peter 5:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:2–4; Daniel 11:35
- 13 Romans 8:17; James 1:2–3; Romans 5:3; Philippians 3:10; 2 Corinthians 1:7
- 14 1 Peter 3:14; Luke 6:22; Matthew 5:11; 1 Peter 3:16; James 1:12
- 15 2 Thessalonians 3:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Peter 2:19–20; 1 Timothy 5:13; 1 Peter 3:17
- 16 1 Peter 3:17–18; Philippians 1:29; 1 Peter 4:19; James 1:2–4; Acts 5:41
- 17 Jeremiah 25:29; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Romans 2:9; Ezekiel 9:6; 1 Peter 2:8
- 18 Proverbs 11:31; Ezekiel 18:24; Luke 23:31; 2 Peter 2:5–6; Jude 15
- 19 Psalm 37:5; 2 Timothy 1:12; 1 Peter 3:17; Psalm 138:8; Psalm 146:5–6
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