1 Peter 4:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 Peter 4:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian - Because he is a Christian; if he is persecuted on account of his religion. This was often done, and they had reason to expect that it might occur in their o...
1 Peter 4:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The section repeats ideas that have already appeared ( 1 Peter 2:18-24 ; 1 Peter 3:13-17 ), only they are emphasized by the imminence ( 1 Peter 4:17 ) of severe trial. 1 Peter 4:15 . a meddler:...
1 Peter 4:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Christian . See Acts 11:26 . behalf . respect, literally part, but the texts read "name".
1 Peter 4:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian After having forbidden the Christians to do any hurt or harm, lest for their evil deeds, like the unbelieving, they should become hateful to the world...
1 Peter 4:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2408 PERSECUTION FOR CHRIST’S SAKE 1 Peter 4:12-16 . Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but...
1 Peter 4:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. Yet if - as a Christian - If he be persecuted because he has embraced the Christian faith, let...
1 Peter 4:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let him not be ashamed;— There is no shame in suffering, unless it be for some crime: to be a Christian, and to suffer for being so, is an honour. Grotius's remark on the words is this: "If a man...
1 Peter 4:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. A Christian - the name given first at Antioch ( Acts 11:26 ; Acts 26:27-28 ); the only t...
1 Peter 4:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Security of the Faithful in the Approaching Judgment C (ii). 1 Peter 4:1-6 . 'This is your faith: live then in accordance with it. Arm yourselves against your troubles by resolving to be li...
1 Peter 4:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(12-19) EXHORTATION TO COURAGE AND STEADFASTNESS IN PERSECUTION. — All ought to be prepared for persecution. It is a blessed and glorious thing to have to bear it. A criminal’s death and a Christian...
1 Peter 4:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 THE RIGHTEOUS HAVE JUDGMENT HERE 1 Peter 4:15-19 THE Apostle now goes one step farther in his exhortations. The brethren are suffering for Christ's cause, and may draw comfort from...
1 Peter 4:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Suffering as a Christian 1 Peter 4:12-19 We are called upon to share our Savior's sufferings-not those of His substitution, but His daily self-denial, the hatred of men, the anguish of His soul...
1 Peter 4:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The whole force of the argument which the apostle has used in speaking thus of the Christ was to show these saints how through suffering Christ reached a triumph, and to call them to arm themselves w...
1 Peter 4:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: (13) But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; th...
1 Peter 4:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE TWOFOLD NATURE OF SUFFERING ‘But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him...
1 Peter 4:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian ,.... Because he is one, and professes himself to be one. This name was first given to the disciples at Antioch, either by themselves, or by the Gentiles; howeve...
1 Peter 4:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. Ver. 16. Suffer as a Christian ] Under the Emperor Antoninus the philosopher, there happene...
1 Peter 4:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If ye be reproached for Christ Reproaches and cruel mockings were always one part of their sufferings, and to an ingenuous mind, reproach is often worse than the spoiling of goods, or even than bod...
1 Peter 4:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Christ's suffering in the flesh is set before us then as an example; not His sufferings for us in atonement, which were His alone, but His sufferings in a contrary world, in precious, lowly grace. We...
1 Peter 4:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Fortitude and Circumspection; Advice to Suffering Christians. A. D. 66. 12 Beloved, think it...
1 Peter 4:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian; if his Christianity be his only crime, and the cause of his sufferings. Let him not be ashamed: see 2 Timothy 2:12 . But let him glorify God on this beha...
1 Peter 4:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Application Of The Previous Theme, And Reminder of the Coming Judgment ( 1 Peter 4:1-19 ). Having portrayed the great and all encompassing victory of Jesus Christ through suffering, Peter now appl...
1 Peter 4:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 Peter 4:12 . Strange .—Do not be surprised, as if something unreasonable had happened. No form of suffering can come to Christians as accident. God, with a purpos...
1 Peter 4:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 4:1 . Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: Accepting this great truth, that it is well that the flesh should die that th...
1 Peter 4:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 4:3 . The will of the gentiles. Augustine in his city of God, should be read to see the excess and abominable idolatries of the gentiles. See the notes on Ephesians 5:12 ; Romans 1 . 1...
1 Peter 4:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Expositions 1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh. St. Peter returns, after the digression of 1 Peter 3:19-60 , to the great subject of Christ's example...
1 Peter 4:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Suffering as Christians:
1 Peter 4:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:17 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; 1 Peter 4:19 ; 2 Timothy 1:12 ; Acts 11:26 ; Acts 26:28 ; Acts 5:41 ; Ephesians 3:13-15 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; Hebrews 12:3 ; Isaiah 24:15 ; Isaiah 50:7 ; Isaiah...
1 Peter 4:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Sunshine and Shadows 1 Peter 4:12-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are several things about suffering for Christ which need to be emphasized. 1. Christians are not exempt from suffering. Asaph s...
1 Peter 4:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let him glorify God — Who giveth him the honour so to suffer, and so great a reward for suffering.

1 Peter 4:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Peter 4:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Peter 4:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Peter 4:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Peter 4:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Peter 4:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Peter 4:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Peter 4:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 4:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Peter 4:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Peter 4:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 4:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 4:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Peter 4:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Peter 4:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Peter 4:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes