9aBe hospitable to one another bwithout grumbling.
10aAs each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, bas good stewards of cthe manifold grace of God.
11aIf anyone speaks, lethimspeak as the1 oracles of God. If anyone ministers, lethimdoit as with the ability which God supplies, that bin all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the2 dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Suffering for God’s Glory
12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;
13 but rejoice ato the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that bwhen His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
14 If you are1 reproached for the name of Christ, ablessed areyou, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.2 On their part He is blasphemed, bbut on your part He is glorified.
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a1 busybody in other people’s matters.
16 Yet if anyonesuffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this1 matter.
17 For the time hascomeafor judgment to begin at the house of God; and if itbegins with us first, bwhat will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
18 Now a“If the righteous one is scarcely saved, Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God acommit their souls toHim in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
In verse 7, Peter tells us to be sober and to watch, for "the end of all things is at hand." In this section on Christian living, the apostle says that the Christian "no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God" (verse 2). In verse 10, he says we must use whatever gift God has given us (see also Romans 12:6-8; Ephesians 4:7) "as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." As an example, he mentions that those speaking (and writing) must do so according to God's oracles-His revelation to man.
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