1 Peter 4:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ But if one suffers being Messianic, let him not be ashamed, but let him esteem Elohim in this matter.

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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.

1 Peter 4:16 Cross References

Isaiah 24:15

Therefore praise יהוה  in the east, the Name of יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 50:7

And the Master יהוה  helps Me, therefore I shall not be humiliated. So I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I am not put to shame.

Isaiah 54:4

“Do not fear, for you shall not be put to shame, nor hurt, you shall not be humiliated. For the shame of your youth you shall forget, and not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more.

Acts 11:26

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to be that for an entire year they came together in the assembly and taught large numbers. And the taught ones were called ‘Messianites’ first in Antioch.

Acts 26:28

And Agrippa said to Sha’ul, “With a little you might persuade me to become a Messianite!”

Acts 28:22

“And we think it right to hear from you what you think, for indeed, concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.”

Acts 5:41

Then indeed they went rejoicing from the presence of the council, because they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His Name.

Philippians 1:20

according to my intense longing and anticipation that I shall not be ashamed at all, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Messiah shall be made great in my body, whether by life or by death.

Philippians 1:29

Because to you it has been given as a favour, on behalf of Messiah, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

2 Timothy 1:12

For this reason I also suffer these matters, but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to watch over that which I have entrusted to Him until that Day.

James 2:7

Do they not blaspheme that good Name by which you are called?

1 Peter 2:12

having your behaviour among the gentiles good so that when they speak against you as evil-doers, let them, by observing your good works, esteem Elohim in a day of visitation.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, let it be as the Words of Elohim. If anyone serves, let it be as with the strength which Elohim provides, so that Elohim might be praised in it all through יהושע  Messiah, to whom belong the esteem and the rule forever and ever. Amĕ

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reproached for the Name of Messiah, you are blessed, because the Spirit of esteem and of Elohim rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is praised.

1 Peter 4:19

So then, those who suffer according to the desire of Elohim should commit their lives to a trustworthy Creator, in doing good.