12Beloved, take not as strange the fire of persecution which has taken place amongst you for your trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;


In Context

9 hospitable one to another, without murmuring;

10 each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of the various grace of God.

11 If any one speak as oracles of God; if any one minister as of strength which God supplies; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the might for the ages of ages. Amen.

12 Beloved, take not as strange the fire of persecution which has taken place amongst you for your trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;

13 but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.

14 If ye are reproached in the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

1 Peter 4:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Dearly beloved, think not strange the burning heat which is to try you, as if some new thing happened to you;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Beloved, 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:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Beloved, 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:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you: