1 ¶ Since the Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, be ye also armed with the same thought; for he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

2 s o that now the time that remains in the flesh, he might live, not unto the lusts of men, but unto the will of God.

no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

3 F or it should suffice us that during the time past of our life we had done the will of the Gentiles, when we conversed in lasciviousness, lusts, drunkenness, gluttony, orgies, and abominable idolatries.

for sufficient to us the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revelings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

4 ¶ And it seems strange to those that speak evil of you, that ye do not run with them to the same unchecked dissolution;

in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

5 t he same shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.

who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead,

6 B ecause for this cause was the gospel preached also to those that are dead, that they might be judged in flesh according to men, but live in spirit according to God.

for for this also to dead men was good news proclaimed, that they may be judged, indeed, according to men in the flesh, and may live according to God in the spirit.

7 ¶ But the end of all things is at hand; be ye, therefore, temperate and watch unto prayer.

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

8 A nd above all things have fervent charity among yourselves; for charity shall cover a multitude of sins.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

9 L ovingly be hospitable one to another without murmuring.

hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

10 L et each one according to the gift that he has received, administer it unto the others, as a good steward of the diverse graces of God.

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

11 I f anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone ministers, let them do it according to the virtue which God gives, that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus, the Christ, unto whom is glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

if any one doth speak -- `as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister -- `as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.

12 ¶ Beloved, think it not strange when you are tried by fire (which is done to prove you) as though some strange thing happened unto you,

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

13 b ut rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of the afflictions of the Christ, so that also in the revelation of his glory, ye may rejoice in triumph.

but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice -- exulting;

14 I f ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you; certainly on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

if ye be reproached in the name of Christ -- happy, because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

15 S o let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as desirous of the things of others.

for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

16 B ut if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God on this behalf.

and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;

17 F or it is time that the judgment begins from the house of God; and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of those that do not obey the gospel of God?

because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?

18 A nd if the righteous are saved with difficulty, where shall the unfaithful and the sinner appear?

And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, the ungodly and sinner -- where shall he appear?

19 T herefore, let those that are afflicted according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls unto him as unto a faithful Creator, doing good.

so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.