1 Peter 4:16 KJV — MannaFest

1 Peter 4:16

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

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ASV

but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

WEB

But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.

YLT

and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;

DBT

but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorifyGod in this name.

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1 Peter — Peter to scattered exiles across Asia Minor — five chapters on suffering and a living hope. A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.

Author: The apostle Peter (1:1); Silvanus assisted (5:12)
Date: Early 60s AD, likely from ‘Babylon’ (Rome, 5:13)

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Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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.
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;
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.
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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(2.) There is very little comfort in sufferings when we bring them upon ourselves by our own sin and folly. It is not the suffering, but the cause, that makes the martyr. (3.) We have reason to thank God for the honour if he calls us out to suffer for his truth and gospel, for our adherence to any of the doctrines or duties of Christianity.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

To suffer for one's own faults is no honor (1Pe 4:15; 1Pe 2:20), --for Christ, is no shame (1Pe 4:14; 1Pe 3:13). but let him glorify God--not merely glory in persecution;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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