1 Peter 4:16 - A Christian?
Does 1 Peter 4:16 have conditions?
1 Peter 4:15: "For let none (of) you be-suffering AS (a) murderer or thief or evil-doer, or as (a) meddler."
1 Peter 4:16: "BUT if (one suffers) AS (A) CHRISTIAN, let-him not be-ashamed, but let-him-be-glorifying God in this matter."
It is written: "For let none (of) you be-suffering AS (a) murderer or thief or evil-doer, or as (a) meddler. BUT if (one suffers) AS (A) CHRISTIAN, let-him not be-ashamed" (1 Peter 4:15-16).
This would suggest that being "AS (A) CHRISTIAN" (1 Peter 4:16) would require that one is not being "AS (a) murderer or thief or evil-doer, or as (a) meddler" (1 Peter 4:15).
Acts 11:
It is written that "the DISCIPLES (were) first called CHRISTIANS in Antioch" (Acts 11:26).
This would suggest that those who were "called CHRISTIANS" (Acts 11:26) in that verse were "DISCIPLES" (Acts 11:26).
"Christ" and "Christians":
The Greek word for "Christ [Christos 5547 in Greek]" can also be translated as "Anointed (One)", because it is written about "Jesus from Nazareth, how God ANOINTED [chrió 5548 in Greek] Him (with the) HOLY SPIRIT" (Acts 10:38).
The Greek word for "Christians [Christianos 5546 in Greek]" can also be translated as "anointed (ones)", because it is written that the One "HAVING-ANOINTED [chrió 5548 in Greek] US (is) God, the (One) also having-sealed us and given the pledge (of) the SPIRIT" (2 Corinthians 1:21-22).
This may be why Peter wrote that "the SPIRIT (of) glory and (of) God is-resting upon you" (1 Peter 4:14) if you suffer "as (a) CHRISTIAN" (1 Peter 4:16).
Ancient Christian authors:
Around the 2nd century, a Christian author named Tertullian wrote: "The name Christian, however, so far as its meaning goes, bears the sense of anointing." ((c. 197, W), 3.111).
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