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,


In Context

9 hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

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

11 if any one doth speak — 'as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister — 'as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power — to the ages of the ages. Amen.

12 Beloved, 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,

13 but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice — exulting;

14 if ye be reproached in the name of Christ — happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, 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 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 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: