Beloved, take not as strange the fire of persecution which has taken place amongst you for your trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;
but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.
If ye are reproached in the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters;
but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name.
Wherefore also let them who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.