14 If you are insulted [a](A)for the name of Christ, (B)you are blessed, (C)because the Spirit of glory, and of God, rests upon you. 15 Make sure that (D)none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a [b](E)troublesome meddler; 16 but if anyone suffers as a (F)Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to (G)glorify God in this name. 17 For it is time for judgment (H)to begin [c]with (I)the household of God; and if it (J)begins [d]with us first, what will be the outcome for those (K)who do not obey the (L)gospel of God?

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  1. 1 Peter 4:14 Lit in
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