1 Peter 4:14

Modern English Version

If you are reproached because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:8

Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

2 Kings 2:15

When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him from far off, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

Psalm 146:5

Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Psalm 49:9

that he should live on eternally, and never see the pit.

Psalm 89:51

with which Your enemies have reproached, O  Lord, with which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

Isaiah 11:2

The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He shall take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken it.

Isaiah 51:7

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law; do not fear the reproach of men nor be afraid of their revilings.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company and insult you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

John 15:21

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

John 8:48

The Jews answered Him, “Do we not rightly say that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

John 9:28

Then they insulted him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.

John 9:34

They answered him, “You were completely born in sin. Are you teaching us?” And they threw him out.

Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, blaspheming and contradicting what Paul was saying.

Acts 18:6

But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your heads. I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Acts 28:22

But we think it is proper to hear from you what you think. For concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.”

Acts 5:41

Then they departed from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.

2 Corinthians 12:10

So I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in hardships, in persecutions, and in distresses for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 4:10

and always carrying around in the body the death of the Lord Jesus, that also the life of Jesus might be expressed in our bodies.

2 Corinthians 4:16

For this reason we do not lose heart: Even though our outward man is perishing, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.

Galatians 1:24

And they glorified God because of me.

Hebrews 11:26

He esteemed the reproach of Christ as greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he looked to the reward.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 5:11

Behold, we consider them blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the purpose of the Lord, that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.

1 Peter 2:12

Live your lives honorably among the Gentiles, so that though they speak against you as evildoers, they shall see your good works and thereby glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. “Do not be afraid of their terror, do not be troubled.”

1 Peter 3:16

Have a good conscience so that evildoers who speak evil of you and falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

1 Peter 4:16

Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God because of it.

2 Peter 2:2

And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.