Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible








but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed, he must rather glorify God for that. Verse ConceptsChristiansNot AshamedBeing AshamedSuffering SaintsPersecution, Christian ResponseSuffering For Christ's SakeSufferingchristianityencouraging

Remain within him now, my dear children, so that when he appears we may have confidence, instead of shrinking from him in shame at his arrival. Verse ConceptsAbiding In ChristLast ThingsOptimismReadinessNot AshamedFellowship With ChristChrist AppearingUs In GodBemaEternal PerspectiveBoldness

and on finding him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church and taught considerable numbers. It was at Antioch too that the disciples were originally called "Christians." Verse ConceptsCongregationChristiansTeachersChristian TeachersNames And Titles For The ChristianAntioch in SyriaChurch, Examples OfNew Birth, Evidenced ByOne YearTeaching In The ChurchFirst Among The GentilesCalledThe churchDiscipleshipGoing To ChurchchristianityencouraginggroupschristChristians Are Called Disciples

but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed, he must rather glorify God for that. Verse ConceptsChristiansNot AshamedBeing AshamedSuffering SaintsPersecution, Christian ResponseSuffering For Christ's SakeSufferingchristianityencouraging

"At this rate," Agrippa remarked, "it won't be long before you believe you have made a Christian of me!" Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofChristiansIronyMockingNames And Titles For The Christian

And have you forgotten the word of appeal that reasons with you as sons? ??My son, never make light of the Lord's discipline, never faint under his reproofs; Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saintsdiscipline, divineAssurance in the life of faithChastisementRebukeDespisersBelievers As Sons Of GodUnderestimationForgetting ThingsGod UrgingLosing CourageGod Requite Them!Discipline Child


Beloved, do not be surprised at the ordeal that has come to test you, as though some foreign experience befell you. You are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it, that you may also rejoice and exult when his glory is revealed. 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. read more.
None of you must suffer as a murderer or a thief or a bad character or a revolutionary; but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed, he must rather glorify God for that.

but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed, he must rather glorify God for that. Verse ConceptsChristiansNot AshamedBeing AshamedSuffering SaintsPersecution, Christian ResponseSuffering For Christ's SakeSufferingchristianityencouraging


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. None of you must suffer as a murderer or a thief or a bad character or a revolutionary; but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed, he must rather glorify God for that.

but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed, he must rather glorify God for that. Verse ConceptsChristiansNot AshamedBeing AshamedSuffering SaintsPersecution, Christian ResponseSuffering For Christ's SakeSufferingchristianityencouraging