1 Peter 4:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, let him do so with the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and power forever and ever. Amen.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    if{G1487} any man{G5100} speaketh,{G2980} [speaking] as{G5613} it were oracles{G3051} of God;{G2316} if{G1487} any man{G5100} ministereth,{G1247} [ministering] as{G5613} of{G1537} the strength{G2479} which{G3739} God{G2316} supplieth:{G5524} that{G2443} in{G1722} all things{G3956} God{G2316} may be glorified{G1392} through{G1223} Jesus{G2424} Christ,{G5547} whose{G3739} is{G2076} the glory{G1391} and{G2532} the dominion{G2904} for{G1519} ever{G165} and ever.{G165} Amen.{G281}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    If any man{G1536} speak{G2980}{(G5719)}, let him speak as{G5613} the oracles{G3051} of God{G2316}; if any man{G1536} minister{G1247}{(G5719)}, let him do it as{G5613} of{G1537} the ability{G2479} which{G3739} God{G2316} giveth{G5524}{(G5719)}: that{G2443} God{G2316} in{G1722} all things{G3956} may be glorified{G1392}{(G5747)} through{G1223} Jesus{G2424} Christ{G5547}, to whom{G3739} be{G2076}{(G5748)} praise{G1391} and{G2532} dominion{G2904} for{G1519} ever{G165} and ever{G165}. Amen{G281}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf eny man speake let him talke as though he spake ye wordes of God. If eny man minister let him do it as of ye abilitie which god ministreth vnto him. That god in all thinges maye be glorified thorow Iesus Christ to whom be prayse and dominion for ever and whyll the worlde stondeth. Amen.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf eny ma speake, let hi speake it as ye wordes of God. Yf eny man haue an office, let him execute it as out of the power yt God mynistreth vnto hi, yt God maye be praysed in all thinges thorow Iesus Christ, To who be honor and domynion for euer and euer Amen.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    If any man speake, let him speake as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth, that God in al things may be glorified through Iesus Christ, to whome is prayse and dominion for euer, and euer, Amen.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If any man speake, let hym talke as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth vnto hym, that God in all thinges may be glorified through Iesus Christe, to whom be prayse and dominion for euer and euer. Amen.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If any man speaks, let it be as it were oracles of God. If any man serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    if any one doth speak -- `as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister -- `as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    if 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    if any man speaketh, [speaking] as it were oracles of God; if 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Whoever speaks, let it be with God’s words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
  • Acts 7:38 : 38 This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us:
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much in every way: chiefly, because to them were entrusted the oracles of God.
  • 1 Pet 5:11 : 11 To Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Jude 1:25 : 25 To God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
  • Heb 5:12 : 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God; you have come to need milk and not solid food.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is useless.
  • Jas 3:1-6 : 1 My brothers, do not be many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment. 2 For in many things we all stumble. If anyone does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in horses' mouths so that they may obey us; and we turn their whole body. 4 Look also at the ships, which, though they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned with a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see: to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
  • 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 As every person has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
  • Rev 1:5-6 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And has made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • Rev 5:12-14 : 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever. 14 Then the four living creatures said, Amen. And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Phil 2:11 : 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • Rom 11:36 : 36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
  • Rom 12:6-8 : 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us attend to our ministering: or he who teaches, on teaching; 8 Or he who exhorts, on exhortation: he who gives, let him do it with simplicity; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
  • Rom 16:27 : 27 To the only wise God, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.
  • 1 Cor 3:10 : 10 According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man be careful how he builds on it.
  • 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For you are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
  • 1 Cor 12:4 : 4 Now there are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 9:13 : 13 While by the evidence of this ministry they glorify God for your professed submission to the gospel of Christ, and for your generous sharing with them, and with all men;
  • Eph 3:20-21 : 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 To Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
  • Eph 5:20 : 20 Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • 1 Chr 29:11-16 : 11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all; in Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name. 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, and of Your own have we given You. 15 For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. 16 O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is from Your hand, and is all Your own.
  • Ps 145:13 : 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
  • Jer 23:22 : 22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their deeds.
  • Dan 4:3 : 3 How great are His signs, and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.
  • Dan 4:34 : 34 At the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes unto heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him that lives forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation.
  • Dan 7:14 : 14 And there was given to him dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

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