1 Peter 4:16

Webster's Bible (1833)

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 suffer also 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 the will of God should so 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 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{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, 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 isles 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 shall you remember no more.

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  • 1 Pet 4:11-15
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    11If any man speaks, let it be as it were oracles of God. If any man 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 1 Pet 2:19-21
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    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.

    21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} an example, that you should follow his steps,

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

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

    15But 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:

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

    17For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.

  • 1 Pet 4:1
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    1Forasmuch 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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    8Therefore don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Gospel according to the power of God,

  • 2 Thess 1:4-6
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    4so 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.

    5This 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.

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

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

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

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

    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.

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

    13Being 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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    26When 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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    29Because 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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    41They 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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    17and 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.

    18For 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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    15For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

    16as 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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    9Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

    10But 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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    10We 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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    16Then don't let your good be slandered,

  • 1 Pet 2:23
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    23Who, 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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    17But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

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

  • 2 Cor 11:20
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    20For 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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    12having good behavior among the nations, so in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  • Phil 1:20
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    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.

  • 2 Tim 2:12
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    12If 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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    14If 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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    3For 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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    3You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

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

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

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    16But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

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

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