10 Just as each one has received a gift, use it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God. 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.

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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

10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others,(A) as faithful(B) stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God.(C) If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides,(D) so that in all things God may be praised(E) through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.(F)

Suffering for Being a Christian

12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you(G) to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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