Readings for Lent and Easter
Beloved, Be Rejoicing To Share In The Sufferings of Christ
12 Beloved, do not be thinking-strange the fiery[a] suffering among you coming upon you for a trial[b], as-though a strange thing were happening to you, 13 but be rejoicing to-the-degree you are sharing in the sufferings of Christ, in order that you may also rejoice while being overjoyed at the revelation of His glory! 14 If you are being reproached[c] in[d] the name of Christ, you are blessed[e] ones!— because the Spirit of glory and of God is resting upon you. 15 For let none of you be suffering as a murderer or thief or evil-doer, or as a meddler[f]. 16 But if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him be glorifying God in this name.
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