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1 Peter 4:16
1 Peter 4:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
- New International Version (NIV)However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.
Context of 1 Peter 4:16
14If ye are reproached in [the] name of Christ, blessed [are ye]; for the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: [on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.] 15Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters; but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name. 17For the time of having the judgment begin from the house of God [is come]; but if first from us, what [shall be] the end of those who obey not the glad tidings of God? 18And if the righteous is difficultly saved, where shall the impious and [the] sinner appear?
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εἰ δὲ ὡς Χριστιανός, μὴ αἰσχυνέσθω, δοξαζέτω δὲ τὸν θεὸν ἐν τῷ τούτῳ.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Peter 4:16
- 1 Peter 4:19Wherefore also let them who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.
- 1 Peter 3:17For [it is] better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;
- Acts 11:26And having found [him], he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
- Acts 26:28And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
- Ephesians 3:13Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
- Isaiah 50:7But the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
- Isaiah 54:4Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
- Philippians 1:20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but in all boldness, as always, now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether by life or by death.
- 2 Timothy 1:12For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.
- Hebrews 12:2looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured [the] cross, having despised [the] shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.
- Acts 5:41They therefore went their way from [the] presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for the name.
- Romans 5:2by whom we have also access by faith into this favour in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
- Philippians 1:29because to you has been given, as regards Christ, not only the believing on him but the suffering for him also,
- James 1:2Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
Commentaries on 1 Peter 4:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Yet if - as a Christian - If he be persecuted because he has embraced the Christian faith, let him not be ashamed, but let him rather glorify God on this very account. Christ suffered by the Jews because he was holy; Christians suffer because they resemble him. The word , Christian, is used only here and in Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28. See the note on the Acts 11:26; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian - Because he is a Christian; if he is persecuted on account of his religion. This was often done, and they had reason to expect that it might occur in their own case. Compare the notes at 1 Peter 3:17. On the import of the word Christian, and the reasons why the name was given to the disciples of the Lord Jesus, see the notes at Acts 11:26. Let him not be ashamed - (1)Ashamed of religion so as to refuse to suffer on…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 By patience and fortitude in suffering, by dependence on the promises of God, and keeping to the word the Holy Spirit hath revealed, the Holy Spirit is glorified; but by the contempt and reproaches cast upon believers, he is evil spoken of, and is blasphemed. One would think such cautions as these were needless to Christians. But their enemies falsely charged them with foul crimes. And even the best of men need to be warned against the worst…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Although the evidence is limited, it is likely that the name Christian (compare Acts 11:26) first served as a simple label used by those who did not follow Jesus. They used it to summarize what they believed were the strange religious practices and immoral behavior of those who followed Jesus.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. a Christian--the name given in contempt first at Antioch. Ac 11:26; 26:28; the only three places where the term occurs. At first believers had no distinctive name, but were called among themselves "brethren," Ac 6:3; "disciples," Ac 6:1; "those of the way," Ac 9:2; "saints," Ro 1:7; by the Jews (who denied that Jesus was the Christ, and so would never originate the name Christian), in contempt, "Nazarenes." At Antioch, where first idolatrous Gentiles…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Peter 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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