1 Peter 4:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.”
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“If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“if ye be reproached in the name of Christ--happy <FI>are ye<Fi> , because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Peter 4:14 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 11:25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
- 1 Kings 10:8How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
- 2 Kings 2:15When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
- Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
- Psalms 49:9that he should live on forever and not see decay.
- Psalms 89:51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
- Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
- Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
- Isaiah 51:7Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
- Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Luke 6:22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
- John 7:47“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
- John 8:48The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
- John 9:28Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
- John 9:34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
- John 15:21But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
- Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Acts 18:6But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
- 2 Corinthians 12:10That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- Galatians 1:24And they glorified God because of me.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
- Hebrews 11:26He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
- James 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
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