1 Peter 3:14
3:14 But in fact, if you happen to suffer 1 for doing what is right, 2 you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them 3 or be shaken. 4
1 Peter 4:14
4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, 5 who is the Spirit of God, 6 rests 7 on you.
1 sn The Greek construction here implies that such suffering was not the norm, even though it could happen, and in fact may well have happened to some of the readers (cf. 4:4, 12-19).
2 tn Grk “because of righteousness.”
3 tn Grk “do not fear their fear,” referring to those who cause their suffering. The phrase “their fear” may mean “what they fear” (subjective genitive), but in a situation of persecution it more likely means “fear of them” (objective genitive).
4 sn A quotation from Isa 8:12.
5 tc Many mss, some of them important and early ([א] A P 33 81 323 945 1241 1739 pm bo), add καὶ δυνάμεως (kai dunamew"; “and of power”) here. The shorter reading is supported by Ì72 B K L Ψ 049 pm). Although the evidence is evenly divided, the longer reading looks to be an explanatory or liturgical expansion on the text and for this reason should be considered secondary.
6 tn Grk “the Spirit of glory and of God.”
7 sn A quotation taken from Isa 11:2.