Suffering as Christians
1 Peter 4:16
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.Literally glorify God in that name; NA glorify God in this matter
- 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.
- LSV
- and if as a Christian, do not let him be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this respect;
- YLT
- and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;
- DBY
- but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name.Elohim
- DRC
- But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
- GNV
- But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not bee ashamed: but let him glorifie God in this behalfe.
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- NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὀνόματι (“name”); NA28, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read μέρει (“regard”).
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- SBLGNT: ὀνόματι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 27th edition read ὀνόματι; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read μέρει.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εἰ δὲ ὡς Χριστιανός, μὴ αἰσχυνέσθω, δοξαζέτω δὲ τὸν θεὸν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ.
- RP2018
- εἰ δὲ ὡς Χριστιανός, μὴ αἰσχυνέσθω, δοξαζέτω δὲ τὸν θεὸν ἐν τῷ μέρει τούτῳ.
- TR-Boyd
- εἰ δὲ ὡς Χριστιανός, μὴ αἰσχυνέσθω, δοξαζέτω δὲ τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τῷ μέρει τούτῳ.
- SCR1894
- ει δε ως χριστιανος μη αισχυνεσθω δοξαζετω δε τον θεον εν τω μερει τουτω
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Peter 3:17–18For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the…
- Philippians 1:29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
- 1 Peter 4:19So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
- James 1:2–4Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and…
- Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
- 2 Timothy 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
- Philippians 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
- Ephesians 3:13–15So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. ... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
- Romans 5:2–5through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering…
- Isaiah 50:7Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
- Hebrews 12:2–3Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider Him who endured…
- Isaiah 54:4Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
- Acts 26:28Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
- Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
- Acts 11:26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
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