1 Peter 4:15

Modern

Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.

Traditional

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

Literal

For let not any of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler,

Latin

Nemo autem vestrum patiatur ut homicida, aut fur, aut maledicus, aut alienorum appetitor.

Greek

English

Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.

Peter gives Christians one final instruction about how to face the trials that will surely come.

Theme notes and profiles

2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
…and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
1 Timothy 5:13
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
1 Peter 2:19–20
For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
2 Timothy 2:9
…for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
Matthew 5:11
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.