1 Peter 4:14

New English Translation

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:8

Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

2 Kings 2:15

When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, who were standing at a distance, saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

Psalm 146:5

How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Psalm 49:9

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

Psalm 89:51

Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.

Isaiah 11:2

The Lord’s spirit will rest on him – a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.

Isaiah 25:8

he will swallow up death permanently. The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the Lord has announced it!

Isaiah 51:7

Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

Luke 6:22

“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

John 15:21

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

John 8:48

The Judeans replied, “Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”

John 9:28

They heaped insults on him, saying, “You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses!

John 9:34

They replied, “You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.

Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.

Acts 18:6

When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”

Acts 28:22

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”

Acts 5:41

So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 4:10

always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Galatians 1:24

So they glorified God because of me.

Hebrews 11:26

He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.

James 1:12

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

James 5:11

Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

1 Peter 2:12

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

1 Peter 3:14

But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.

1 Peter 3:16

Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

1 Peter 4:16

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

2 Peter 2:2

And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.