1 Peter 4

¹Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the flesh, arme your selues likewise with the same minde, which is, that he which hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sinne,

²That he hence forward should liue (as much time as remaineth in the flesh) not after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.

³For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spet the time past of ye life, after the lust of the Gentiles, walking in wantonnes, lustes, drunkennes, in gluttonie, drinkings, and in abominable idolatries.

⁴Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

⁵Which shall giue accounts to him, that is readie to iudge quicke and dead.

⁶For vnto this purpose was the Gospell preached also vnto the dead, that they might bee condemned, according to men in the flesh, but might liue according to God in the spirit.

⁷Now the ende of all things is at hand. Be ye therefore sober, and watching in prayer.

⁸But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among you: for loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.

⁹Be ye harberous one to another, without grudging.

¹⁰Let euery man as hee hath receiued the gift, minister the same one to another, as good disposers of the manifolde grace of God.

¹¹If any man speake, let him speake as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth, that God in al things may be glorified through Iesus Christ, to whome is prayse and dominion for euer, and euer, Amen.