¹² Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, when it takes place to test you, as if something strange were happening to you. ¹³But to the degree that you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice and be glad. ¹⁴If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. ¹⁵By all means do not let anyone of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. ¹⁶But if someone suffers as a Christian, he must not be ashamed, but must glorify God with this name. ¹⁷For it is the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if it begins out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to the gospel of God? ¹⁸And if the righteous are saved with difficulty, ⌞what will become of the ungodly and the sinner⌟? ¹⁹So then also those who suffer according to the will of God must entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good.

¹ Now on the first day of the week, at very early dawn, they came back to the tomb bringing the fragrant spices which they had prepared. ²And they found the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, ³but when they went in, they did not find the body. ⁴And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, two men in gleaming clothing stood near them. ⁵And as they were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, “Why are you looking for the living among the dead? ⁶He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he spoke to you while he was still in Galilee, ⁷saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of men who are sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise?” ⁸And they remembered his words, ⁹and when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰Now Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the others with them were telling these things to the apostles. ¹¹And these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they refused to believe them. ¹²But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, and bending over to look, he saw only the strips of linen cloth, and he went away to his home wondering what had happened.