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1 Peter 4:13-15 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 4 · verses 13–15
13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14If 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. 15But 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.1 Peter 4:13-15 · King James Version
1 Peter 4:13-15 in context
11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14If 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.
15But 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.
16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17For 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?
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- sufferingspathēmathat which one suffers or has suffered, externally, a suffering, misfortune, calamity…G3804 →
- reproachedoneidizōto reproach, upbraid, revile, of deserved reproach, of undeserved reproach, to revile, to…G3679 →
- partakerskoinōneōto come into communion or fellowship with, to become a sharer, be made a partner, to…G2841 →
- Christ'schristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- revealedapokalypsislaying bare, making naked, a disclosure of truth, instruction, concerning things before…G602 →
- murdererphoneusa murderer, a homicideG5406 →
- evildoerkakopoiosan evil doer, malefactorG2555 →
- rejoicechairōto rejoice, be glad, to rejoice exceedingly, to be well, thrive, in salutations, hail!…G5463 →
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The frequent repetition of counsel and comfort to Christians, considered as sufferers, in every chapter of this epistle, shows that the greatest danger these new converts were in arose from the persecutions to which their embracing Christianity exposed them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-19