16However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.


In Context

13 But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

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

15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.

16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.

17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

18 And, "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?"

1st Peter 4:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:16but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16Yet if any man suffereth as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.