1 Peter 4:16
but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he should not be ashamed, but should glorify God in this matter.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
15None of you should suffer as a murderer, thief, evildoer, or meddler,
Cross References
Acts 11:26When he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for an entire year they met with the church and taught a large number of people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.
Romans 5:2through whom we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
Philippians 1:20My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be put to shame in anything, but will speak with complete boldness so that now, as always, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether I live or die.
2 Timothy 1:12That is why I am suffering these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until 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 →