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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:14 Other mss add He is blasphemed because of them, but He is glorified because of you.
  2. 1 Peter 4:15 Or as one who defrauds others

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