1 Peter 4:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Ye be

1 Peter 2:19

1 Peter 3:14

Reproached

2 Corinthians 12:10

Happy

James 1:12

James 5:11

On

Acts 13:45

Acts 18:6

2 Peter 2:2

General references

Hebrews 13:13

Bible References

Ye be

For this is acceptable, if any one on account of a sense of duty to God endureth hardships, suffering wrongfully.

But if ye even suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. And be not afraid at their terrors, nor alarmed;

Reproached

at which they are astonished that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you;

Blessed are ye, when men revile you, and persecute you, and say every thing that is bad against you, falsely, for my sake.

Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man.

The Pharisees answered them, Have ye also been deceived?

The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

They reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses in behalf of Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Happy

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.

Behold, we count those happy who have endured. Ye have heard of the patience of Job; behold also the end of the Lord, that he is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

On

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with indignation, and spoke against what was spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling.

And when they set themselves against him, and reviled, he shook his garments, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own heads! I am clean; from this time I will go to the gentiles.

And many will follow their dissolute ways, by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of;

General references

Let us then go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach;