1 Peter 4:12

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Dear friends, don't be surprised or shocked that you are going through testing that is like walking through fire.

Cross References

2 Timothy 3:12

In fact, anyone who belongs to Christ Jesus and wants to live right will have trouble from others.

1 Peter 5:9

But you must resist the devil and stay strong in your faith. You know that all over the world the Lord's followers are suffering just as you are.

Daniel 11:35

Some of those who are wise will suffer, so that God will make them pure and acceptable until the end, which will still come at the time he has decided.

1 Corinthians 10:13

You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and he will show you how to escape from your temptations.

1 Peter 4:4

Now your former friends wonder why you have stopped running around with them, and they curse you for it.

Isaiah 28:21

The Lord will fiercely attack as he did at Mount Perazim and in Gibeon Valley. But this time the Lord will do something surprising, not what you expect.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Don't be surprised if the poor of your country are abused, and injustice takes the place of justice. After all, the lower officials must do what the higher ones order them to do.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are foreigners and strangers on this earth. So I beg you not to surrender to those desires that fight against you.