With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of (A)debauchery, and (B)they malign you;

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They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(A)

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Suffering as a Christian

12 Beloved, do not be surprised at (A)the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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Suffering for Being a Christian

12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you(A) to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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12 (A)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
    they would be regarded as a strange thing.

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12 I wrote for them the many things of my law,
    but they regarded them as something foreign.(A)

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