¹²Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, when it^* takes place to test you, as if something strange were happening to you. ¹³But to the degree that you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice and be glad. ¹⁴If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. ¹⁵By all means do not let anyone of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. ¹⁶But if someone suffers as a Christian, he must not be ashamed, but must glorify God with this name. ¹⁷For it is the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if it begins out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to the gospel of God? ¹⁸And if the righteous are saved with difficulty, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner^g?^h ¹⁹So then also those who suffer according to the will of God must entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good.

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Footnotes

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“takes place”) which is understood as temporal
gLiterally “the ungodly and sinner where will he appear”
hThis verse contains a quotation from Prov 11:31