15If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.


In Context

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.

15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.

16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.

17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

1st Peter 4:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a railer, or a coveter of other men's things.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:15For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:15For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a busy-body in other men's matters.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.