1 Peter 4:17-19

The Voice

People often suffer because of poor decisions that result in shame, but the people of God face persecution for their faithfulness that leads to honor and glory.

¹⁷For the time for judgment has come, and it is beginning with the household of God. If it is starting with us, what will happen to those who have rejected God’s good news? ¹⁸It is written in Proverbs,

If it is hard for the righteous ones to be saved,
what will happen to the ungodly and the sinners?^[a]

¹⁹So even if you should suffer now for doing God’s will, continue doing good and trust your futures to the judgment and mercy of a faithful Creator.

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