¹⁴ If you are ^[a]reproached for the name of Christ, ^(A)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. ^[b]On their part He is blasphemed, ^(B)but on your part He is glorified. ¹⁵ But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a ^[c]busybody in other people’s matters. ¹⁶ Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this ^[d]matter.

The Prophet’s Anguish and Hope

Job Speaks of Life’s Woes

⁹ For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a ^(A)spectacle ^[a]to the world, both to angels and to men. ¹⁰ We are ^(B)fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! ^(C)We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored! ¹¹ To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. ^12 (D)And we labor, working with our own hands. ^(E)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; ¹³ being defamed, we ^[b]entreat. ^(F)We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

¹³ Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing ^(A)His reproach.