1 Peter 4:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Matthew 23:25

You Pharisees and teachers are show-offs, and you're in for trouble! You wash the outside of your cups and dishes, while inside there is nothing but greed and selfishness.

Luke 15:13

Not long after that, the younger son packed up everything he owned and left for a foreign country, where he wasted all his money in wild living.

Acts 13:45

When the Jewish people saw the crowds, they were very jealous. They insulted Paul and spoke against everything he said.

Acts 18:6

Finally, they turned against him and insulted him. So he shook the dust from his clothes and told them, “Whatever happens to you will be your own fault! I am not to blame. From now on I am going to preach to the Gentiles.”

Romans 13:13

So behave properly, as people do in the day. Don't go to wild parties or get drunk or be vulgar or indecent. Don't quarrel or be jealous.

Ephesians 5:18

Don't destroy yourself by getting drunk, but let the Spirit fill your life.

1 Peter 2:12

Always let others see you behaving properly, even though they may still accuse you of doing wrong. Then on the day of judgment, they will honour God by telling the good things they saw you do.

1 Peter 3:16

Give a kind and respectful answer and keep your conscience clear. This way you will make people ashamed for saying bad things about your good conduct as a follower of Christ.

2 Peter 2:12

These people are no better than senseless animals that live by their feelings and are born to be caught and killed. They speak evil of things they don't know anything about. But their own corrupt deeds will destroy them.

2 Peter 2:22

What happened to them is just like the true saying, “A dog will come back to lick up its own vomit. A pig that has been washed will roll in the mud.”

Jude 1:10

But these people insult powers they don't know anything about. They are like senseless animals that end up getting destroyed, because they live only by their feelings.