If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
1 Peter 4:12 - Revised Standard Version Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you. American Standard Version (1901) Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you: Common English Bible Dear friends, don’t be surprised about the fiery trials that have come among you to test you. These are not strange happenings. Catholic Public Domain Version Most beloved, do not choose to sojourn in the passion which is a temptation to you, as if something new might happen to you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Dearly beloved, think not strange the burning heat which is to try you, as if some new thing happened to you; |
If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; to do his deed—strange is his deed! and to work his work—alien is his work!
and some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine and to cleanse them and to make them white, until the time of the end, for it is yet for the time appointed.
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
each man's work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul.
They are surprised that you do not now join them in the same wild profligacy, and they abuse you;
Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experience of suffering is required of your brotherhood throughout the world.