1 Peter 4:16

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Acts 5:41 : 41 They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus' name.
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For 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.
  • 1 Pet 3:17-18 : 17 For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil. 18 Because 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;
  • 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 according 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.
  • Heb 12:2-3 : 2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls.
  • Jas 1:2-4 : 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
  • Acts 11:26 : 26 When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
  • Acts 26:28 : 28 Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?"
  • Rom 5:2-5 : 2 through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: 5 and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
  • Eph 3:13-15 : 13 Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory. 14 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
  • Isa 24:15 : 15 Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
  • Isa 50:7 : 7 For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
  • Isa 54:4 : 4 "Don't be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood you shall remember no more.

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  • 1 Pet 4:11-15
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    11 If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

    12 Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

    13 But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

    14 If 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.

    15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters.

  • 1 Pet 2:19-21
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    19 For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.

    20 For 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.

    21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

  • 1 Pet 3:13-17
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    13 Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?

    14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."

    15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

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

    17 For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.

  • 1 Pet 4:1
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    1 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

  • 2 Tim 1:8
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    8 Therefore don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

  • 2 Thess 1:4-6
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    4 so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

    5 This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

    6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

  • 1 Pet 4:17-19
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    17 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don't obey the Good News of God?

    18 "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"

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

  • 1 Cor 4:12-13
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    12 We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

    13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

  • 1 Cor 12:26
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    26 When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

  • Phil 1:29
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    29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

  • Acts 5:41
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    41 They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus' name.

  • Rom 8:17-18
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    17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

    18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

  • 1 Pet 2:15-16
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    15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

    16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9 Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

    10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16 Then don't let your good be slandered,

  • 1 Pet 2:23
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    23 Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

  • 2 Cor 10:17
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    17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

  • Rom 10:11
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    11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."

  • 2 Cor 11:20
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    20 For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.

  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12 having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  • Phil 1:20
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    20 according 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.

  • 2 Tim 2:12
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    12 If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

  • 2 Thess 3:14
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    14 If any man doesn't obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

  • Rom 15:3
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    3 For even Christ didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."

  • 2 Tim 2:3
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    3 You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

  • Acts 9:16
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    16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."

  • 2 Cor 4:9
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    9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

  • Jas 4:16
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    16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

  • 1 Cor 1:31
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    31 that, according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 They think it is strange that you don't run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming: