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


In Context

9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.

10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.

11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

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

13 But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

1st 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Beloved, 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;

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: