1 Peter 4:1-11 ▼

1 For as muche then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the fleshe, arme ye your selues lykewise with the same mynde: for he which suffereth in the fleshe, ceasseth from sinne:

2 That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue, as much tyme as remayneth in ye fleshe, not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God.

3 For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is paste of the lyfe, after the wyll of the gentiles, walkyng in wantonnesse, lustes, in excesse of wynes, in excesse of eatyng, in excesse of drynkyng, and abominable idolatrie.

4 And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

5 Whiche shall geue accomptes to hym that is redy to iudge quicke and dead.

6 For vnto this purpose veryly was the Gospel peached also vnto ye dead, that they shoulde be iudged lyke other men in the fleshe, but should lyue before God in the spirite.

7 The ende of all thynges is at hande. Be ye therefore sober, and watche vnto prayer.

8 But aboue all thynges, haue feruent loue among your selues: For loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.

9 Be ye harberous one to another, without grudgyng.

10 As euery man hath receaued the gyft, eue so minister the same one to another, as good ministers of the manifold grace of God.

11 If any man speake, let hym talke as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth vnto hym, that God in all thinges may be glorified through Iesus Christe, to whom be prayse and dominion for euer and euer. Amen.