1 Peter 4:14-16

Suffering as a Christian

¹⁴ _c If you are insulted _d for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory ₁ and of God rests upon you. ¹⁵ But _e let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or _f as a meddler. ¹⁶ Yet _e if anyone suffers as a _g Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God _d in that name.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 89:51
   With which your enemies mock, O Lord, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
   Matthew 5:11
   Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
   
2. Cross References
   John 15:21
   But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
   Hebrews 11:26
   He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Peter 2:19 - 20
   For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.
   1 Peter 3:14
   But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled.
   1 Peter 3:17
   For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 4:11
   And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you.
   2 Thessalonians 3:11
   For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
   1 Timothy 5:13
   Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Peter 4:15
   But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
   
6. Cross References
   Acts 26:28
   And Agrippa said to Paul, "In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?
   
7. Cross References
   1 Peter 4:14
   If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.