Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
    Keep the context of v. 12 (1 Peter 4:12 ), firey trials will come on them soon. (Firey, is this a reference or prophecy to Nero’s firey punishment of Christians ?. Arsonist were punished with burning at the stake. Nero tried to lay the blame of the burning of Rome on the Christians.)