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1 Peter 5:9

Good News Translation (US Version)

Be firm in your faith and resist him, because you know that other believers in all the world are going through the same kind of sufferings.

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So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.

They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. “We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God,” they taught.

It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps.

Every test that you have experienced is the kind that normally comes to people. But God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.

Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;

At all times carry faith as a shield; for with it you will be able to put out all the burning arrows shot by the Evil One.

But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, how happy you are! Do not be afraid of anyone, and do not worry.

Through faith they fought whole countries and won. They did what was right and received what God had promised. They shut the mouths of lions,

Run your best in the race of faith, and win eternal life for yourself; for it was to this life that God called you when you firmly professed your faith before many witnesses.

so that none of you should turn back because of these persecutions. You yourselves know that such persecutions are part of God's will for us.

Don't give the Devil a chance.

Each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little while longer, until the complete number of other servants and believers were killed, as they had been.

Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed.

Be glad about this, even though it may now be necessary for you to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer.

For even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I am glad as I see the resolute firmness with which you stand together in your faith in Christ.

I have told you this so that you will have peace by being united to me. The world will make you suffer. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”

“I don't know, sir. You do,” I answered. He said to me, “These are the people who have come safely through the terrible persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you must strengthen your brothers.”

I am John, your brother, and as a follower of Jesus I am your partner in patiently enduring the suffering that comes to those who belong to his Kingdom. I was put on the island of Patmos because I had proclaimed God's word and the truth that Jesus revealed.

I have done my best in the race, I have run the full distance, and I have kept the faith.

If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.




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