But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
A great deal of the support for the notion that the word "Christian" was a variation of "chrestian," meaning "goody-goody," and that it was originally a term of derision applied by Christ's enemies, comes from the fact of the Sinaitic manuscript having "Chrestian" instead of "Christian."[25] And why do scholars put so much trust in this variation from even older manuscripts?  It is due to the scholarly "ipsi dixit" that "the more difficult reading is always to be preferred!"[26] They have even elevated this rule of interpretation to the status of a law, giving it a Latin name, and calling it "Lectio Difficilior", and this "law" is said to be the reason why the Sinaitic manuscript is chosen above older and more numerous manuscripts.  Ridiculous!  "Those most difficult variations could possibly be the result of scribal error and therefore have little meaning."[27] Think of it.  The only thing that happened with that Sinaitic manuscript was that a tired scribe accidentally substituted an "e" for an "i"; and there's not a scholar on earth, nor even a student, who has not done that same thing himself a hundred times!  So much for that worthless variation in the Sinaitic manuscript!