¹So with Christ having suffered on our behalf in the flesh, you arm yourselves too with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, ²resulting in him living the rest of his time in the flesh no longer in man's desires, but in the will of God. ³For the past phase of life is sufficient for us in carrying out the will of the Gentiles, for us to have walked in debaucheries, lusts, drunkenness with wine, orgies, drinking bouts and forbidden idolatries, ⁴at which they are surprised when you don't go along with them to the same burst of excess, while they blaspheme, ⁵they who will render an account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. ⁶For to this end the gospel was also preached to the dead: that they might be judged according to men in the flesh but live according to God in the spirit. ⁷But the end of all things has drawn near. So be sober-minded and abstemious for the benefit of your prayers. ⁸And above all have intense love towards one another, because love will cover a multitude of sins. ⁹Be hospitable to each other without murmurings. ¹⁰Just as each has received a gracious gift, so serve each other with it, like good stewards of the many-facetted grace of God. ¹¹If anyone speaks, let it be as oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let it be as from strength as God provides, in order that God should be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, who has the glory and the power throughout the durations of the ages. Amen. ¹²Beloved, do not be surprised at the trial by fire in you which takes place to test you, as if something strange is happening to you, ¹³but insofar as you have a share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that at the revelation of his glory, you in turn may rejoice and be jubilant. ¹⁴If you are reproached on account of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests on you. From their perspective he is blasphemed, but from your perspective he is glorified. ¹⁵But do not let anyone of you suffer as a murderer or thief or evildoer or as a busybody. ¹⁶But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this respect. ¹⁷For it is time for judgment to begin from the house of God; and if first with us, what will be the end of those who disbelieve the gospel of God? ¹⁸And if the righteous person is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and sinful person appear? ¹⁹So also let those who suffer according to God's will commit their lives to him in well-doing, as to a faithful creator.

Reference(s) in Chapter 4: v.8 ↔ Proverbs 10:12.