a[Prov. 16:7]
bch. 2:19, 20; 4:14, 16; Matt. 5:10
cIsa. 8:12, 13; [ver. 6; Matt. 10:28]
dJohn 14:1, 27
ech. 2:20; [ch. 4:15, 16]
fPs. 89:51; Matt. 5:11
gJohn 15:21; [Heb. 11:26]
ich. 2:19, 20; 3:14, 17
j1 Thess. 4:11; 2 Thess. 3:11; 1 Tim. 5:13
k[See ver. 15 above]
lSee Acts 26:28
m[See ver. 14 above]

1 Peter 3:13-14

13Now awho is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 bBut even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. cHave no fear of them, dnor be troubled,

1 Peter 3:17

17For eit is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

1 Peter 4:14-16

14 fIf you are insulted gfor the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory ▼
▼Some manuscripts insert and of power
 and of God rests upon you. 15But ilet none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or jas a meddler. 16Yet kif anyone suffers as a lChristian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God min that name.
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