6For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
8above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
9using hospitality one to another without murmuring:
10according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
11if any man speaketh, [speaking] as it were oracles of God; is any man ministereth, [ministering] as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you: