彼得前书 4
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不可从人的情欲只从神的旨意
4 基督既在肉身受苦，你们也当将这样的心志作为兵器，因为在肉身受过苦的，就已经与罪断绝了。 2 你们存这样的心，从今以后就可以不从人的情欲，只从神的旨意在世度余下的光阴。 3 因为往日随从外邦人的心意，行邪淫、恶欲、醉酒、荒宴、群饮并可恶拜偶像的事，时候已经够了。 4 他们在这些事上见你们不与他们同奔那放荡无度的路，就以为怪，毁谤你们。 5 他们必在那将要审判活人死人的主面前交账。 6 为此，就是死人也曾有福音传给他们，要叫他们的肉体按着人受审判，他们的灵性却靠神活着。
爱能遮罪
7 万物的结局近了，所以你们要谨慎自守，警醒祷告。 8 最要紧的是彼此切实相爱，因为爱能遮掩许多的罪。 9 你们要互相款待，不发怨言。 10 各人要照所得的恩赐彼此服侍，做神百般恩赐的好管家。 11 若有讲道的，要按着神的圣言讲；若有服侍人的，要按着神所赐的力量服侍，叫神在凡事上因耶稣基督得荣耀——原来荣耀、权能都是他的，直到永永远远！阿门。
与基督一同受苦倒要欢喜
12 亲爱的弟兄啊，有火炼的试验临到你们，不要以为奇怪，似乎是遭遇非常的事； 13 倒要欢喜，因为你们是与基督一同受苦，使你们在他荣耀显现的时候，也可以欢喜快乐。 14 你们若为基督的名受辱骂，便是有福的，因为神荣耀的灵常住在你们身上。 15 你们中间却不可有人因为杀人、偷窃、作恶、好管闲事而受苦。 16 若为做基督徒受苦，却不要羞耻，倒要因这名归荣耀给神。 17 因为时候到了，审判要从神的家起首。若是先从我们起首，那不信从神福音的人将有何等的结局呢？ 18 “若是义人仅仅得救，那不虔敬和犯罪的人将有何地可站呢？” 19 所以，那照神旨意受苦的人要一心为善，将自己灵魂交于那信实的造化之主。
1 Peter 4
Contemporary English Version
Being Faithful to God
4 Christ suffered here on earth. Now you must be ready to suffer as he did, because suffering shows that you have stopped sinning. 2 It means you have turned from your own desires and want to obey God for the rest of your life. 3 You have already lived long enough like people who don't know God. You were immoral and followed your evil desires. You went around drinking and partying and carrying on. In fact, you even worshiped disgusting idols. 4 Now your former friends wonder why you have stopped running around with them, and they curse you for it. 5 But they will have to answer to God, who judges the living and the dead. 6 The good news has even been preached to the dead,[a] so that after they have been judged for what they have done in this life, their spirits will live with God.
7 Everything will soon come to an end. So be serious and be sensible enough to pray.
8 (A) Most important of all, you must sincerely love each other, because love wipes away many sins.
9 Welcome people into your home and don't grumble about it.
10 Each of you has been blessed with one of God's many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gift well. 11 If you have the gift of speaking, preach God's message. If you have the gift of helping others, do it with the strength that God supplies. Everything should be done in a way that will bring honor to God because of Jesus Christ, who is glorious and powerful forever. Amen.
Suffering for Being a Christian
12 Dear friends, don't be surprised or shocked that you are going through testing that is like walking through fire. 13 Be glad for the chance to suffer as Christ suffered. It will prepare you for even greater happiness when he makes his glorious return.
14 Count it a blessing when you suffer for being a Christian. This shows that God's glorious Spirit is with you. 15 But you deserve to suffer if you are a murderer, a thief, a crook, or a busybody. 16 Don't be ashamed to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God that you belong to him. 17 God has already begun judging his own people. And if his judgment begins with us, imagine how terrible it will be for those who refuse to obey his message. The Scriptures say,
18 (B) “If good people barely escape,
what will happen to sinners
and to others
who don't respect God?”
19 If you suffer for obeying God, you must have complete faith in your faithful Creator and keep on doing right.
Footnotes
- 4.6 the dead: Either people who died after becoming followers of Christ or the people of Noah's day (see 3.19).
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