Glory in suffering

1 Peter 4:16
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.

Don't be a shamed when you suffer as a Christian ... why would I be ashamed to suffer this way? The previous verse gives us a clue (1 Peter 4:15) "let none of you suffer as a murder, thief, evildoer or meddler." When you suffer for doing evil you are right to be ashamed, but when people call you Christian in the same way they would shout Murderer! or Thief! then you need not be ashamed. Instead, "glorify God in that name."

Like James, Peter reminds us to "rejoice in so far as you share in Christ's suffering" (1 Peter 4:13). Christian means little Christ; glory to God when they accuse you of being like him!