1 Peter 3:14 Cross References - WPNT

¹⁴ But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

¹⁰ Blessed are those who have been persecuted on account of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. ¹¹ “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and speak all kinds of evil against you, lying, because of Me. ¹² Rejoice and exult, because your reward in the heavens is great, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

¹⁸ And you will be brought before governors and even kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the nations. ¹⁹ But whenever they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you will speak, for it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; ²⁰ for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. ²¹ “Furthermore, brother will hand over brother to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against parents and put them to death. ²² And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake; but the one enduring to the end, he will be delivered.

²⁸ And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear the One who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.

³¹ Therefore do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

³⁹ The one ‘finding’ his life will lose it, and the one ‘losing’ his life for my sake will find it.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will waste it, but whoever ‘wastes’ his life on my account will find it.

²⁹ And, everyone who left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit life eternal.

³⁵ Because whoever may resolve to ‘save’ his life will waste it; but whoever may ‘waste’ his life for my sake and the Gospel’s, he will save it.

²⁹ In answer Jesus said: “I tell you assuredly, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields, for my sake and for that of the Gospel,

²² Blessed are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and heap insults on you and trash your name as ‘malignant’, for the Son of Man’s sake. ²³ Rejoice in that day and skip about! Because your reward really is great in Heaven; for that is how their fathers treated the prophets.

⁴ “Further, I say to you, my friends: do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do. ⁵ Rather, I will advise you whom you should fear—fear Him who after He kills has authority to cast into Gehenna; yes indeed, fear Him!

¹ “Do not let your (pl) heart be distressed; you believe into God and you believe into me.

²⁷ “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; it’s not like the world gives that I give to you. Do not let your heart be distressed or intimidated.

¹⁶ for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

⁹ Now the Lord said to Paul by a vision at night: “Do not be afraid; rather speak and do not keep silent, ¹⁰ because I am with you and no one will attack you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

¹⁰ So then, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

²⁹ For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe into Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

¹² A man who endures testing is blessed, because upon becoming approved he will receive the crown of the life that the Lord has promised to those loving Him.

¹⁹ For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God someone endures grief, suffering unjustly. ²⁰ For what credit is it if upon sinning and being beaten you endure patiently? But if upon doing good and suffering you endure patiently, this is commendable before God.

⁶ as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him ‘lord’, whose (f) daughters you became by doing good and not being afraid of any intimidation.

¹³ but to the extent that you share in Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, so that at the revelation of His glory you also may rejoice a great deal more. ¹⁴ If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of the glory and of God has come to rest upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. ¹⁵ Now don’t any of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in others’ affairs; ¹⁶ but if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.