Popular Bible Verses from 1 Peter 4

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Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins.

Each one, as a good manager of God's different gifts, must use for the good of others the special gift he has received from God.

Whoever preaches must preach God's messages; whoever serves must serve with the strength that God gives, so that in all things praise may be given to God through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

However, if you suffer because you are a Christian, don't be ashamed of it, but thank God that you bear Christ's name.

The end of all things is near. You must be self-controlled and alert, to be able to pray.

My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you. Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed.

Open your homes to each other without complaining.

So then, those who suffer because it is God's will for them, should by their good actions trust themselves completely to their Creator, who always keeps his promise.

Since Christ suffered physically, you too must strengthen yourselves with the same way of thinking that he had; because whoever suffers physically is no longer involved with sin. From now on, then, you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God's will and not by human desires.

Happy are you if you are insulted because you are Christ's followers; this means that the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is resting on you.