1 Peter 4:16

WEB

¹⁶But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

KJV

¹⁶Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

BSB

¹⁶But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.

FBV

¹⁶but if it's as a Christian, then you don't need to be ashamed. Instead praise God that you're called by that name!

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Extra References

1 Peter 3:17-18

¹⁷For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing what is right than for doing evil. ¹⁸Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

Philippians 1:29

²⁹Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

1 Peter 4:19

¹⁹Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

James 1:2-4

²Count it all joy, my brothers,^[+] when you fall into various temptations, ³knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. ⁴Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

2 Timothy 1:12

¹²For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

Acts 5:41

⁴¹They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

Ephesians 3:13-15

¹³Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

¹⁴For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

Philippians 1:20

²⁰according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

Isaiah 50:7

⁷For the Lord GOD will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won’t be disappointed.

Romans 5:2-5

²through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. ³Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; ⁴and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; ⁵and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.