If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified: Henry Alford, in his New Testament For English Readers, says this section is omitted in all the oldest manuscripts and versions. The Living Oracles, however, translates it as follows: "By them indeed, he is evil spoken of, but by you he is glorified." The passage seems to indicate that so far as the heathen are concerned, the Holy Spirit is reproached by them in their treatment of Christians; on the part of the saints, He is glorified. When the heathen mistreat Christians, they mistreat the Holy Spirit. When Christians however, bear up in times of trial, the Holy Spirit is glorified.