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1 Peter 4:14
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
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses scattered believers under social pressure, placing this verse between the call to rejoice in Christ's sufferings (v. 13) and the warning that suffering as a criminal is a different matter (v. 15).
The words — μακάριοι (makarioi) is the same beatitude formula Jesus used in the Sermon on the Mount; it declares a standing, not a feeling. ὀνειδίζεσθε (oneidizesthe) is present passive: the insult is ongoing, not a one-time event.
The thread — Matthew 5:11 and Luke 6:22 carry the identical structure (insult → blessedness → because of Christ); 1 Peter 3:14 echoes it within the same letter.
Why it lands — The verse removes the reader's need to justify their standing by external approval; the Spirit's presence is the criterion, not the crowd's verdict.
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The Greek words
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
- Luke 6:22 Blessed 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.
- Matthew 5:11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- James 1:12 Blessed 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.
- 1 Peter 3:16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
- Psalms 146:5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 That 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.
- 1 Peter 2:19 For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
- 2 Kings 2:15 When the sons of the prophets who were watching 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 89:51 how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!