1 Peter 4:14
If you are insulted for Christ's name, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God is resting on you.
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15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.
Cross References
Numbers 11:25Yahweh came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Yahweh took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but only on that occasion and not again.
2 Kings 2:15When the sons of the prophets who were from Jericho saw him across from them, they said, “The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha!” So they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
Psalms 49:9No one can live forever 1 so that his body should not decay. 1
Psalms 146:5Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, 1 whose hope is in Yahweh his God. 1
Isaiah 51:7Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your heart: 1 Do not fear the insults of men, nor be disheartened by their abuse. 1
Matthew 5:16Let your light shine before people in such a way that they see your good deeds and praise your Father who is in heaven.
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 →