1 PETER 4:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.”
If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you — the assertion that insult 'on account of the name of Christ' (onoma Christou) results in blessing (makarios) is grounded in the presence of the 'Spirit of glory' (pneuma doxēs kai dynamis theou, spirit of glory and of God) resting (anapaō) upon the persecuted. The insulted believer is paradoxically honored by divine presence.
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