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1 Peter 4:16

but if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters;

17For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God; but if it first begin with us, what will be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God?

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Cross References

Isaiah 24:15Wherefore praise ye Jehovah in the East, The name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea!

Isaiah 54:4Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded; Blush not, for thou shalt not be put to shame. For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, And the reproach of thy widowhood thou shalt remember no more.

Acts 11:26and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that for a whole year they came together in the church, and taught a great multitude; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Romans 5:2through whom also we have had admission into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory which God will confer.

Philippians 1:20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

2 Timothy 1:12For which cause I suffer also these things. But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which he hath committed to me unto that day.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:13-19

Fortitude and Circumspection; Advice to Suffering Christians. ( a. d. 66.) 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But 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. 14 If 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… Read the whole commentary →

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