First Reading1 Peter 4:12-19
From the First Letter of Peter
12Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trialwhich has come upon you to test you,as though a strange thing happened to you.13But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings,rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.14If you are insulted for the name of Christ,you are blessed, because the Spirit of gloryand of God rests on you.On their part he is blasphemed,but on your part he is glorified.15But let none of you suffer as a murderer,or a thief, or an evil doer,or a meddler in other men’s matters.16But if one of you suffers for being a Christian,let him not be ashamed;but let him glorify God in this matter.17For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God.If it begins first with us,what will happen to thosewho don’t obey the Good News of God?18“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”19Therefore let them alsowho suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him,as to a faithful Creator.