11 If anyone speaks, let it be as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, let it be as by the strength that God provides, so that in all things God will be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power forever and ever[a]. Amen.

Sharing the Sufferings of Christ

12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, when it[b] takes place to test you, as if something strange were happening to you. 13 But to the degree that you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice and be glad.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:11 Literally “for the ages of the ages”
  2. 1 Peter 4:12 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“takes place”) which is understood as temporal