1 Peter 4:16

“Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorifie God on this behalfe.”

1611 King James Version (KJV)




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Other Translations for 1 Peter 4:16

Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
- King James Version

but if {anyone suffers} as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

but if `a man suffer' as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.
- American Standard Version (1901)

But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.
- Basic English Bible

but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name.
- Darby Bible

Yet if any man suffereth as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
- Webster's Bible

If, however, any one suffers because he is a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God for being permitted to bear that name.
- Weymouth Bible

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
- World English Bible

but if as a cristen man, schame he not, but glorifie he God in this name.
- Wycliffe Bible

and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;
- Youngs Literal Bible

Commentary for 1 Peter 4:16

Wesley's Notes for 1 Peter 4:16

4:16 Let him glorify God - Who giveth him the honour so to suffer, and so great a reward for suffering.


People's Bible Notes for 1 Peter 4:16


1Pe 4:16 If [any man suffereth] as a Christian. This name was now widely known, and good men suffered only because they were Christians.

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