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1 Peter 4:16

ShameSufferingPraise and worshipCourage and strength

14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

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

17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

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Compare

BSB
But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
KJV
Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
WEB
But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
ASV
but if [a man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.
DARBY
but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name.
BLB
but if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.
ÅB
men lider han som kristen, da skal han ikke skamme seg, men prise Gud for dette navn.
OTB
men hvis noen lider som en kristen, skal de ikke skamme seg, men ære Gud i dette navnet.
B1930
men lider han som kristen, da skal han ikke skamme sig, men prise Gud for dette navn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • 1 Peter 3:17–18

    For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

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  • Philippians 1:29

    For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

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  • 1 Peter 4:19

    Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

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  • James 1:2–4

    My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

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  • Acts 5:41

    And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

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  • 2 Timothy 1:12

    For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

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  • Philippians 1:20

    According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

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  • Ephesians 3:13–15

    Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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