1 Peter 4:12 (WEB)
Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
Fathers and councils · 5
Cyprian of Carthage
“If ye be reproached in the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the name of the majesty and power of the Lord resteth on you, which indeed on their part is blasphemed, but on our part is glorified.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iv. 12–14.
Read the whole comment“If ye be reproached in the name of Christ, happy are ye; because the name of the majesty and power of the Lord resteth upon you; which indeed according to them is blasphemed, but according to us is honoured.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iv. 12–14.
Read the whole comment“In persecution, the warfare,—in peace, the purity of conscience, is crowned.” — editor's note: [It is hard for us to retain the fact that for three hundred years to be a Christian was to be a martyr, at least in spirit and in daily liability. 1 Cor. xv.…
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Tertullian
“…an evil-doer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters; yet (if any man suffer) as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God on this behalf.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iv. 12.
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Clement of Alexandria
“If ye be reproached in the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth on you.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iv. 12, 13, 14.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 10.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 10.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 10.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 10.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 10.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 10.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 14.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 14.