1 Peter 4:12

Good News Translation

My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Don't be surprised when you see that the government oppresses the poor and denies them justice and their rights. Every official is protected by someone higher, and both are protected by still higher officials.

Isaiah 28:21

The Lord will fight as he did at Mount Perazim and in the valley of Gibeon, in order to do what he intends to do—strange as his actions may seem. He will complete his work, his mysterious work.

Daniel 11:35

Some of those wise leaders will be killed, but as a result of this the people will be purified. This will continue until the end comes, the time that God has set.

1 Corinthians 10:13

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.

1 Corinthians 3:13

And the quality of each person's work will be seen when the Day of Christ exposes it. For on that Day fire will reveal everyone's work; the fire will test it and show its real quality.

2 Timothy 3:12

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

1 Peter 2:11

I appeal to you, my friends, as strangers and refugees in this world! Do not give in to bodily passions, which are always at war against the soul.

1 Peter 4:4

And now the heathen are surprised when you do not join them in the same wild and reckless living, and so they insult you.

1 Peter 5:9

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.