Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of God and of glory rests on you. Truly according to them, He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.

New American Standard Bible

If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

International Standard Version

If you are insulted because of the name of the Messiah, you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you.

A Conservative Version

Blessed are ye if ye are reviled for the name of Christ, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. From them he is indeed blasphemed, but from you he is glorified.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

If you are insulted and reviled for [bearing] the name of Christ, you are blessed [happy, with life-joy and comfort in God’s salvation regardless of your circumstances], because the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you [and indwelling you—He whom they curse, you glorify].

An Understandable Version

If you are spoken against for being Christians, you have God's blessing, because His glorious Holy Spirit rests upon you [to provide comfort, See John 14:16].

Anderson New Testament

If you are reproached on account of Christ, happy are you: for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you. On their part he is reviled, but on your part he is glorified:

Bible in Basic English

If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you.

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

if you suffer indignities in the cause of Christ, you are happy: for the glorious spirit of God rests upon you.

Darby Translation

If ye are reproached in the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

If you be reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

Godbey New Testament

If you suffer reproach in the name of Christ, happy are you, because the spirit of the glory and the spirit of God rest on you.

Goodspeed New Testament

If you are being abused for the sake of Christ, you are blessed, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.

John Wesley New Testament

If ye are 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.

Julia Smith Translation

If ye be reproached in the name of Christ, ye happy; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: by them truly he is defamed, and by you he is praised.

King James 2000

If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

Lexham Expanded Bible

If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, [you are] blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If ye be railed upon for the name of Christ; happy are ye. For the spirit of glory and the spirit of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of: but on your part he is glorified.

Moffatt New Testament

If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.

Montgomery New Testament

If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the spirit of glory and of God is resting upon you.

NET Bible

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.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you.

Sawyer New Testament

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

The Emphasized Bible

If ye are being reproached in the name of Christ, happy are ye ! Because, the Spirit, of the glory, and the Spirit of God, unto you is bringing rest.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

If ye suffer reproach for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: by them indeed he is blasphemed, but by you he is glorified.

Twentieth Century New Testament

If you are reviled for bearing the name of Christ, count yourselves blessed; because the divine Glory and the Spirit of God are resting upon you.

Webster

If ye are 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.

Weymouth New Testament

You are to be envied, if you are being reproached for bearing the name of Christ; for in that case the Spirit of glory-- even the Spirit of God--is resting upon you.

Williams New Testament

If you are suffering abuse because you bear the name of Christ, you are happy, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.

World English Bible

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

Worrell New Testament

If ye are reproached in Christ's name, happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and that of God rests upon you.

Worsley New Testament

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: and though as to them He is blasphemed, yet as to you He is glorified.

Youngs Literal Translation

if ye be reproached in the name of Christ -- happy are ye, 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

ye be reproached
ὀνειδέζω 
oneidizo 
Usage: 8

for
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

the name
ὄνομα 
Onoma 
name, named, called, surname , named , not tr
Usage: 162

of Christ
Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

μακάριος 
Makarios 
Usage: 21

are ye for
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

the spirit
πνεῦμα 
Pneuma 
Usage: 334

of glory
δόξα 
Doxa 
Usage: 141

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

of God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

ἀναπαύω 
Anapauo 
Usage: 7

ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

you
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

on
κατά 
Kata 
κατά 
Kata 
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
Usage: 428
Usage: 428


Usage: 0

κατά 
Kata 
κατά 
Kata 
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
Usage: 428
Usage: 428

he is evil spoken of
βλασφημέω 
Blasphemeo 
Usage: 31

but
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

Devotionals

Devotionals about 1 Peter 4:14

Images 1 Peter 4:14

Prayers for 1 Peter 4:14

Context Readings

Sharing The Sufferings Of Christ

13 but rejoice according as you are partakers of Christ's suffering, so that when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of God and of glory rests on you. Truly according to them, He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or a meddler in the affairs of others.


Cross References

Matthew 5:11

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

1 Peter 3:16

having a good conscience, that while they speak against you as evildoers they may be shamed, those falsely accusing your good behavior in Christ.

Psalm 89:51

with which Your enemies have cursed, O Jehovah; with which they have cursed the footsteps of Your anointed.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall cut you off, and when they shall reproach you and shall cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Numbers 11:25-26

And Jehovah came down in a cloud and spoke to him, and took of the spirit on him and gave it to the seventy elders. And it happened when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they never did so again.

1 Kings 10:8

Happy are your men, happy are these who are your servants, who stand always before you, and who hear your wisdom.

2 Kings 2:15

And when the sons of the prophets across in Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah rests upon Elisha! And they came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

Psalm 32:1-2

A Psalm of David. A Contemplation. Blessed is the man whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Psalm 49:9

yea, he shall yet live forever; he shall never see corruption.

Psalm 146:5

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

Isaiah 11:2

And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.

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 5:16

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

John 7:47-52

Then the Pharisees answered them, Also, have you not been deceived?

John 8:48

Then the Jews answered and said to Him, Do we not say well that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?

John 9:28

Then they reviled him and said, You are his disciple, but we are Moses' disciples.

John 9:34

They answered and said to him, You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him out.

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.

Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy and contradicted those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

Acts 18:6

And they resisting and blaspheming, shaking his garment, he said to them, Your blood is on your own heads. I am pure from it. From now on I will go to the nations.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am powerful.

Galatians 1:24

And they glorified God in me.

2 Thessalonians 1:10-12

when He shall come to be glorified in His saints and to be admired in all those who believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that Day.

Hebrews 11:26

esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because having been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 5:11

Behold, we count blessed those who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity and of tender mercy.

1 Peter 2:12

having your conduct honest among the nations, in that which they speak against you as evildoers, they may glorify God in a day of His visitation, seeing your good works.

1 Peter 2:19-20

For this is a grace, if for conscience toward God anyone endures grief, suffering wrongfully.

1 Peter 3:14

But if you also suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. And do not fear their fear, nor be troubled,

1 Peter 4:4-5

In these things they are surprised, that you are not running with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming.

2 Peter 2:2

And many will follow their pernicious ways, and because of them the way of truth will be evil spoken of.

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