1 Peter 4:12-14
1599 Geneva Bible
12 [a]Dearly beloved, think it not [b]strange [c]concerning the fiery trial, which is among you to prove you as though some strange thing were come unto you.
13 [d]But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, that when his glory shall appear, ye may be glad and rejoice.
14 (A)[e]If ye be railed upon for the Name of Christ, blessed are ye: for the [f]spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: which on their part is evil spoken of, but on your part is glorified.
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- 1 Peter 4:12 Because the cross is joined with the sincere profession of Religion, the Apostle fitly repeateth that which he touched before, warning us not to be troubled at persecutions and afflictions, as a new and strange thing.
- 1 Peter 4:12 As though some new thing had befallen you, which you never thought of before.
- 1 Peter 4:12 The first reason: Because the Lord meaneth not to consume us with this fire (as it were) but to purge us of our dross, and make us perfect.
- 1 Peter 4:13 Another reason: Because the afflictions of the godly and the wicked differ very much, and chiefly in three points. First, because the godly communicate with Christ in their afflictions, and therefore shall in their time be partakers also of his glory.
- 1 Peter 4:14 Secondly, because that although the infidels think far otherwise, who in afflicting the godly, blaspheme God, yet the godly in that they are so railed upon, are honored of God with the true spiritual glory, and their adoption sealed in them by the Spirit of God.
- 1 Peter 4:14 By Spirit he meaneth the gifts of the Spirit.
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