Suffering for Being a Christian

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

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16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.(A)

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18 And,

“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:18 Prov. 11:31 (see Septuagint)

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