GLORY 1 Peter 4:12-16

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though some thing strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. 

Dear friend, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you 
1 Peter 1:6-7  In all this you greatly rejoice though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

But rejoice 
Matthew 5:12  "Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."

inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ 
2 Corinthians 1:5  For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed 
Romans 8:17  Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
1 Peter 5:1  To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed: ...

If you are insulted because of the name of Christ 
John 15:21  "They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me."

you are blessed 
Matthew 5:11  "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."

but praise God that you bear that name 
Acts 5:41  The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

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