1 Peter 4:10

Easy To Read Version

Each of you received a spiritual gift \{from God\}. God has shown you his grace (kindness) in many different ways. And you are like servants who are responsible for using God’s gifts. So be good servants and use your gifts to serve each other.

Cross References

Matthew 20:28

It is the same with the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [276]} The Son of Man did not come for other people to serve him. The Son of Man came to serve other people. The Son of Man came to give his life to save many people.”

Matthew 24:14

The Good News about \{God’s\} kingdom will be told in the whole world. It will be told to every nation. Then the end will come.

Matthew 24:21

Why? Because at that time there will be much trouble. There will be more trouble than has ever happened since the beginning of the world. And nothing as bad as that will ever happen again.

Matthew 24:45

“Who is the wise and trusted servant? The master trusts one servant to give the other servants their food at the right time. Who is the servant that the master trusts to do that work?

Matthew 25:17

It was the same with the servant that had two bags of money. That servant invested the money and earned two more.

Matthew 25:44

“Then those people will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty? When did we see you alone and away from home? Or when did we see you without clothes or sick or in prison? When did we see these things and not help you?’

Mark 10:45

In the same way, the Son of Man {\cf2\super [135]} did not come for other people to serve him. But the Son of Man came to serve other people. The Son of Man came to give his life to save many people.”

Luke 12:42

The Lord said, “Who is the wise and trusted servant? The master trusts one servant to give the other servants their food at the right time. Who is the servant that the master trusts to do that work?

Luke 19:13

So he called ten of his servants together. He gave a bag of money {\cf2\super [300]} to each servant. The man said, ‘Do business with this money until I come back.’

Luke 8:3

Also with these women were: Joanna, the wife of Chuza (Herod’s {\cf2\super [148]} helper), Suzanna, and many other women. These women used their own money to help Jesus and his apostles.

Romans 15:25

Now I am going to Jerusalem to help God’s people.

Romans 15:27

\{The believers in\} Macedonia and Achaia were happy to do this. And really they should help those believers in Jerusalem. They should help because they are non-Jews and have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings. So they should use the things they have to help the Jews. They owe this to the Jews.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But, because of God’s grace (gift), that is what I am. And his grace that he gave me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But I was not really the one working. It was God’s grace that was with me.)

1 Corinthians 3:10

Like an expert builder I built the foundation {\cf2\super [17]} of that house. I used the gift that God gave me to do this. Other people are building on that foundation. But each person should be careful how he builds.

1 Corinthians 4:7

Who says that you are better than other people? Everything you have was given to you. So, if everything you have was given to you, then why do you boast like you got those things by your own power?

2 Corinthians 6:1

We are workers together with God. So we beg you: Don’t let the grace (kindness) that you received from God be for nothing.

2 Corinthians 9:1

I really don’t need to write to you about this help for God’s people.

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all of God’s people. But God gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. Those riches are too great to understand fully.

Ephesians 4:11

And that same Christ gave gifts to people—he made some people to be apostles, {\cf2\super [31]} some people to be prophets, {\cf2\super [32]} some people to go and tell the Good News, {\cf2\super [33]} and some people to have the work of caring for and teaching God’s people.

2 Timothy 1:18

I pray that the Lord will allow Onesiphorus to have mercy from the Lord on that Day. {\cf2\super [11]} You know how many ways Onesiphorus helped me in Ephesus.

Titus 1:7

An elder {\cf2\super [5]} has the job of taking care of God’s work. So people should not be able to say that he lives in a wrong way. He must not be a person who is proud and selfish or who becomes angry quickly. He must not drink too much wine. He must not be a person who likes to fight. And he must not be a person who always tries to get rich by cheating people.

Hebrews 6:10

God is fair. God will remember all the work you have done. And God will remember that you showed your love to him by helping his people. And God will remember that you continue to help his people.

1 Peter 5:10

Yes, you will suffer for a short time. But after that, God will make everything right. He will make you strong. He will support you and keep you from falling. He is the God that gives all grace (kindness). He called you to share in his glory in Christ. That glory will continue forever.

1 Peter 5:12

Silas will bring this letter to you. I know that he is a faithful brother \{in Christ\}. I wrote this short letter to encourage you. I wanted to tell you that this is the true grace (kindness) of God. Stand strong in that grace.