BEGIN AT US

1 PETER 4:12-19


BELOVED,
THINK IT NOT STRANGE
CONCERNING 
THE FIERY TRIAL
WHICH IS TO TRY YOU,
AS THOUGH 
SOME STRANGE THING 
HAPPENED UNTO YOU:
BUT 
REJOICE,
INASMUCH AS 
YE ARE PARTAKERS
OF 
CHRIST'S SUFFERING;
THAT, 
WHEN 
HIS GLORY
SHALL BE REVEALED,
YE MAY BE GLAD ALSO
WITH
EXCEEDING JOY.
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.
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.
YET
IF ANY MAN SUFFER
AS A CHRISTIAN,
LET HIM NOT BE ASHAMED;
BUT LET HIM
GLORIFY GOD ON THIS BEHALF.
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 OF THEM
THAT OBEY 
NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD?
AND
IF THE RIGHTEOUS
SCARCELY BE SAVED,
WHERE SHALL THE UNGODLY
AND
THE SINNER APPEAR?
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. 



LOVE

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