Study Desk

Give a kind and respectful answer and keep your conscience clear. This way you will make people ashamed for saying bad things about your good conduct as a follower of Christ.

You are better off to obey God and suffer for doing right than to suffer for doing wrong.

Christ died once for our sins. An innocent person died for those who are guilty. Christ did this to bring you to God, when his body was put to death and his spirit was made alive.

It means you have turned from your own desires and want to obey God for the rest of your life.

Now your former friends wonder why you have stopped running around with them, and they curse you for it.

The good news has even been preached to the dead, so that after they have been judged for what they have done in this life, their spirits will live with God.

Be glad for the chance to suffer as Christ suffered. It will prepare you for even greater happiness when he makes his glorious return.

Count it a blessing when you suffer for being a Christian. This shows that God's glorious Spirit is with you.

Don't be ashamed to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God that you belong to him.

God has already begun judging his own people. And if his judgment begins with us, imagine how terrible it will be for those who refuse to obey his message. The Scriptures say,

If you suffer for obeying God, you must have complete faith in your faithful Creator and keep on doing right.

Don't be bossy to those people who are in your care, but set an example for them.

God cares for you, so turn all your worries over to him.

But God shows undeserved kindness to everyone. That's why he appointed Christ Jesus to choose you to share in his eternal glory. You will suffer for a while, but God will make you complete, steady, strong, and firm.

concern for others, and love.

Sometimes false prophets spoke to the people of Israel. False teachers will also sneak in and speak harmful lies to you. But these teachers don't really belong to the Master who paid a great price for them, and they will quickly destroy themselves.

This shows that the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their sufferings and to punish evil people while they wait for the day of judgment.

All they think about is having sex with someone else's husband or wife. There is no end to their wicked deeds. They trick people who are easily fooled, and their minds are filled with greedy thoughts. But they are headed for trouble!

But a donkey corrected him for this evil deed. It spoke to him with a human voice and made him stop his foolishness.

These people are like dried up water holes and clouds blown by a windstorm. The darkest part of hell is waiting for them.