12. Loved ones, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal taking place among you to test you—as though something strange were happening to you.
13. Instead, rejoice insofar as you share in the sufferings of Messiah, so that at the revelation of His glory you may also rejoice and be glad.
14. If you are insulted for the name of Messiah, you are fortunate, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
15. For let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or evildoer or as a troublemaker.