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1 Peter 4:14

WEB

14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

KJV

14If 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.

BSB

14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

FBV

14If you are cursed in Christ's name, you're blessed, for God's glorious Spirit rests on you.

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Extra References

1 Peter 3:14

14But even if you should suffer for righteousnesssake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”


Luke 6:22

22Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.


James 1:12

12Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.


Matthew 5:11

11Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.


1 Peter 3:16

16having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.


Psalms 146:5

5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,


1 Peter 2:19-20

19For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. 20For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.


2 Corinthians 12:10

10Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.


Isaiah 51:7

7Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.


John 15:21

21But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.