Persecution Is A Necessary Result Of Their Being United With Christ In His Sufferings For It Is The First Stage In The Judgment That Is Coming On All (1 Peter 4:12).

Peter still has his eye firmly fixed on the fact that Judgment is coming for all men (1 Peter 4:18). And he sees what is happening to God's people through persecution as the beginnings of that judgment (1 Peter 4:17). Through this judgment they will be spared the greater judgment, for it will purify and establish their faith (1 Peter 1:6). But they must be careful to ensure that it comes on them for the right reasons, for His sake (1 Peter 4:14).

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