1 Peter 4:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:8

Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.

2 Kings 2:15

And when the sons of the prophets who were facing him at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha. And they came out to him, and went down on the earth before him.

Psalm 146:5

Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Psalm 49:9

So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

Psalm 89:51

The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.

Isaiah 11:2

And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

Isaiah 25:8

He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.

Isaiah 51:7

Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.

Matthew 5:11

Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

Matthew 5:16

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Luke 6:22

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

John 15:21

They will do all this to you because of my namebecause they have no knowledge of him who sent me.

John 8:48

The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

John 9:28

And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

John 9:34

Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

Acts 18:6

And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

Acts 28:22

But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

Acts 5:41

So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.

2 Corinthians 12:10

So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

2 Corinthians 4:10

In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

2 Corinthians 4:16

For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

Galatians 1:24

And they gave glory to God in me.

Hebrews 11:26

Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.

James 1:12

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

James 5:11

We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

1 Peter 2:12

Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

1 Peter 3:14

But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

1 Peter 3:16

Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

1 Peter 4:16

But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.

2 Peter 2:2

And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.