^{14 Ref} 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.

^{15 Ref} But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

^{16 Ref} Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

^{17 Ref} For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

^{18 Ref} And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?