Passage: 1 Peter 4:12-19
Peter returns now to the occasion of his letter: the suffering of the churches in Asia Minor. Specifically, they are suffering for being Christians. Peter writes that this suffering is to be expected, and is in fact a way by which God will glorify himself. So stand firm in Christ, no matter the suffering. We can trust that God will bring glory from darkness, because he is faithful.
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