LIVING FOR GOD

 

1 Peter 4:1-11

Therefore, since Christ Suffered in His body,

Arm yourselves also with the same Attitude,

Because He Who has Suffered in His body

IS DONE WITH SIN.

2 As a result,

HE DOES NOT LIVE THE REST OF HIS EARTHLY LIFE

FOR EVIL HUMAN DESIRES,

BUT RATHER FOR THE WILL OF GOD.

3 For you have spent enough time in the past

DOING WHAT PAGANS CHOOSE TO DO--

LIVING IN DEBAUCHERY, LUST, DRUNKENNESS, ORGIES,

CAROUSING AND DETESTABLE IDOLATRY.

4 They think it Strange

That you do not Plunge with them

Into the same Flood of Dissipation,

And they Heap Abuse on you.

5 BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO GIVE ACCOUNT TO HIM

WHO IS READY TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.

6 For this Reason the Gospel was Preached

Even to those who are now dead,

So that they might be judged according to men

In regard to the body,

But live according to God in regard to the Spirit.

7 THE END OF ALL THINGS IS NEAR.

(The Last Two Days of Time, the Last Two Thousand Years)

THEREFORE BE CLEAR MINDED AND SELF-CONTROLLED

SO THAT YOU CAN PRAY.

8 ABOVE ALL, LOVE EACH OTHER DEEPLY,

BECAUSE LOVE COVERS OVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS.

9 Offer Hospitality to one another without grumbling.

10 Each one should use what ever Gift he has received

To Serve others,

Faithfully Administering God's Grace in its various forms.

11 IF ONE SPEAKS,

HE SHOULD DO IT

AS ONE SPEAKING THE VERY WORDS OF GOD.

If one Serves, he should do it with the strength God provides,

So that in all things God may be Praised

Through Jesus Christ.

To Him be the Glory and the Power

For ever and ever. Amen.

(1 Peter 4:1-11)