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NASB | 1 Peter 4:12 ¶ Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 4:12 ¶ Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test you [that is, to test the quality of your faith], as though something strange or unusual were happening to you. |
Subject: Suffering For The Sake Of Christ? |
Bible Note: Searcher Yes I see about suffering for Christ in terms of for the gospel as all your scriptures are about, that is the proclaimation of it. My marriage is actualy pretty good considering, been a long time together! What I meant by "I am struggling with things considered to be suffering for the sake of Christ" is I was struggling with the scriptures themselves. I do know a brother in church who is struggling in his marriage because his wife is an ubeliever, and he was told that "obeying Christ", doing Ephesians 5 and all that entails, and still encountering problems, that his suffering is not "suffering for the sake of Christ" because it is not for the proclaimation of the gospel. Mathew 5:10-12 seems to be about suffering for being a disciple, but I see how would apply that in a sense to being married to an unbeliever who is unbearable to be with. blessings abound, bowler |