1 Peter 4:16 · KJV
“Yet if {any man suffer} as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.”
— 1 Peter 4:16
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or {as} a thief, or {as} an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
For the time {is come} that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if {it} first {begin} at us, what shall the end {be} of them that obey not the gospel of God?
1 Peter 4 — Context
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 he is glorified.
15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or {as} a thief, or {as} an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
16Yet if {any man suffer} as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17For the time {is come} that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if {it} first {begin} at us, what shall the end {be} of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Cross References
1 Peter 3:17-18
For {it is} better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
Philippians 1:29
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
1 Peter 4:19
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls {to him} in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
James 1:2-4
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; {temptations: or, trials}
2 Timothy 1:12
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. {believed: or, trusted}
Acts 5:41
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Ephesians 3:13-15
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Philippians 1:20
According to my earnest expectation and {my} hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but {that} with all boldness, as always, {so} now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether {it be} by life, or by death.
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