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 behalf; i.e. on the account of his sufferings; let him bless God for keeping him from suffering as an evil-doer, and for counting him worthy to suffer for Christ's sake, Acts 5:41, as well as for giving him patience, and courage under sufferings.