1 Peter 4:12 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹² Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery trial among you, taking place to test you, as though some strange thing [was] happening to you;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

Common English Bible

¹² Dear friends, don’t be surprised about the fiery trials that have come among you to test you. These are not strange happenings.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Most beloved, do not choose to sojourn in the passion which is a temptation to you, as if something new might happen to you.

1 Peter 4:12 Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation, He will also make the way out, [so as for] you to be able to bear it.

1 Corinthians 3:13

each one's work shall be made manifest; for the Day shall reveal it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall test each one's work, as to what sort it is.

2 Timothy 3:12

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I implore you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from the lusts of the flesh which war against the soul;

1 Peter 4:4

In regard to these, they are surprised that you do not run with them in the same flood of debauchery, reviling you.

1 Peter 5:9

Resist him, being steadfast in [your] faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.