Twentieth_Century(i)
1 Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,
2 and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.
3 Surely in the past you have spent time enough living as the Gentiles delight to live. For your path has lain among scenes of debauchery, licentiousness, drunkenness, revelry, hard-drinking, and profane idolatry.
4 And, because you do not run to the same extremes of profligacy as others, they are astonished, and malign you.
5 But they will have to answer for their conduct to him who is ready to judge both the living and the dead.
6 For that was why the Good News was told to the dead also--that, after they have been judged in the body, as men are judged, they might live in the spirit, as God lives.
7 But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, that you may be able to pray.
8 Above all things, let your love for one another be earnest, for 'Love throws a veil over countless sins.'
9 Never grudge hospitality to one another.
10 Whatever the gift that each has received, use it in the service of others, as good stewards of the varied bounty of God.
11 When any one speaks, let him speak as one who is delivering the oracles of God. When any one is endeavoring to serve others, let him do so in reliance on the strength which God supplies; so that in everything God may be honour ed through Jesus Christ--to whom be ascribed all honour and might for ever and ever. Amen.