New International Reader's Version

1 Peter 4:8-12 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

8. Most of all, love one another deeply. Love erases many sins by forgiving them.

9. Welcome others into your homes without complaining.

10. God's gifts of grace come in many forms. Each of you has received a gift in order to serve others. You should use it faithfully.

11. If you speak, you should do it like one speaking God's very words. If you serve, you should do it with the strength God provides. Then in all things God will be praised through Jesus Christ. Give him the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

12. Dear friends, don't be surprised by the painful suffering you are going through. Don't feel as if something strange were happening to you.