1 Peter 4:12-19

6. Special consideration of the persecution then imminent, with warnings as to the conduct appropriate, 1 Peter 4:12-19.

Returning to the general subject introduced at 1 Peter 3:13, the apostle reminds his readers that (1) they should expect to share Christ’s glory as well as his sufferings, 12, 13; (2) they should see to it that their sufferings are really for his sake, and not for crime, 14-16; and (3) that they will know but the beginning of God’s judgments, the terrible weight of which will fall on the ungodly, 17, 18.