1 Peter 4:13
Good News Translation
Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed.

New Revised Standard Version
But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.

Contemporary English Version
Be glad for the chance to suffer as Christ suffered. It will prepare you for even greater happiness when he makes his glorious return.

New American Bible
But rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

rejoice.

1 Peter 1:6 Wherein you shalt greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:

Matthew 5:12 Be glad and rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

Luke 6:22,23 Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. . . .

Acts 5:41 And they indeed went from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer reproach for the name of Jesus.

Acts 16:25 And at midnight, Paul and Silas, praying, praised God. And they that were in prison heard them.

Romans 5:3 And not only so: but we glory also in tribulation, knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

2 Corinthians 4:17 For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation worketh for us above measure, exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.

2 Corinthians 12:9,10 And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. . . .

James 1:2,3 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations: . . .

ye are.

1 Peter 5:1,10 The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come: . . .

Romans 8:17 And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed of God and joint heirs with Christ: yet so, if we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.

2 Corinthians 1:7 That our hope for you may be steadfast: knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall you be also of the consolation.

2 Corinthians 4:10 Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies.

Philippians 3:10 That I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings: being made conformable to his death,

Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church:

2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.

Revelation 1:9 I, John, your brother and your partner in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island which is called Patmos, for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus.

when.

1 Peter 1:5,6,13 Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. . . .

Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.

Matthew 25:31 And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.

Mark 8:38 For he that shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation: the Son of man also will be ashamed of him, when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Luke 17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with the angels of his power: . . .

Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him: and they also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall bewail themselves because of him. Even so. Amen.

ye may.

1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now though you see him not, you believe and, believing, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;

Isaiah 25:9 And they shall say in that day: Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord, we have patiently waited for him, we shall rejoice and be joyful in his salvation.

Isaiah 35:10 And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11 And now they that are redeemed by the Lord, shall return, and shall come into Sion singing praises, and joy everlasting shall be upon their heads, they shall obtain joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Matthew 25:21,23,34 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. . . .

Context
Suffering as Christians
12Dearly beloved, think not strange the burning heat which is to try you: as if some new thing happened to you. 13But if you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14If you be reproached for the name of Christ, you shall be blessed: for that which is of the honour, glory and power of God, and that which is his Spirit resteth upon you.…
Cross References
Luke 17:30
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed.

Romans 8:17
And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed of God and joint heirs with Christ: yet so, if we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.

Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come that shall be revealed in us.

2 Corinthians 1:5
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us: so also by Christ doth our comfort abound.

2 Corinthians 4:10
Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies.

Philippians 3:10
That I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings: being made conformable to his death,

2 Timothy 2:12
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.

1 Peter 1:5
Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:21
For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps.

1 Peter 5:1
The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:

Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

1 Peter 4:12
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