But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."
Be not afraid of their terror — Τον δε φοβον αυτων μη φοβηθητε· Fear not their fear see Isaiah 8:12. Sometimes fear is put for the object of a man's religious worship; see Genesis 31:42; Proverbs 1:26, and the place in Isaiah just quoted. The exhortation may mean, Fear not their gods, they can do you no hurt; and supposing that they curse you by them, yet be not troubled; "He who fears God need have no other fear."