1 Peter 4:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But if [one is ill-treated and suffers] as a Christian [which he is contemptuously called], let him not be ashamed, but give glory to God that he is [deemed worthy to suffer] in this name.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But don’t be ashamed if you suffer as one who belongs to Christ. Rather, honor God as you bear Christ’s name. Give honor to God,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, he should not be ashamed. Instead, he should glorify God in that name.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.

1 Peter 4:16 Cross References

Isaiah 24:15

Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.

Isaiah 50:7

For the Lord GODwill help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Isaiah 54:4

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.

Acts 11:26

and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people; and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

Acts 26:28

And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.

Acts 28:22

But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.

Acts 5:41

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour for the Name.

Philippians 1:20

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

Philippians 1:29

because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:

2 Timothy 1:12

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

James 2:7

Do not they blaspheme the honourable name by the which ye are called?

1 Peter 2:12

having your behaviour seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 Peter 4:11

if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 4:14

If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.

1 Peter 4:19

Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.