14 If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ,(A) you are blessed, because the Spirit(B) of glory and of God[a] rests on you. 15 Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.[b] 16 But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed but let him glorify God in having that name.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:14 Or God’s glorious Spirit
  2. 4:15 Or as one who defrauds others
  3. 4:16 Other mss read in that case

14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,(A) you are blessed,(B) for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.(C)

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