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1 Peter 4:15

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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.
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  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:11Rank 1 from verse 15
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    11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:11Rank 2 from verse 15
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    11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

  3. 1 Peter 2:19–20Rank 3 from verse 15
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    19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

    20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  4. 1 Timothy 5:13Rank 4 from verse 15
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    13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

  5. 1 Peter 3:17Rank 5 from verse 15
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    17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

  6. 2 Timothy 2:9Rank 6 from verse 15
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    9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

  7. Matthew 5:11Rank 7 from verse 15
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    11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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1 Peter 4:15

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

4:13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

4:14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

4:15But 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.

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4:16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

4:17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

4:18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

4:19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

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