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1 Peter 4:16 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 4 · verse 16
Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.1 Peter 4:16 · King James Version
1 Peter 4:16 in context
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?
18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
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Key words (Strong's)
- ChristianchristianosChristian, a follower of ChristG5546 →
- ashamedaischynōto disfigure, to dishonour, to suffuse with shame, make ashamed, be ashamedG153 →
- glorifydoxazōto think, suppose, be of opinion, to praise, extol, magnify, celebrate, to honour, do…G1392 →
- behalfmerosa part, a part due or assigned to one, lot, destiny, one of the constituent parts of a…G3313 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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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