Moffatt(i)
14 If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.
15 None of you must suffer as a murderer or a thief or a bad character or a revolutionary;
16 but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed, he must rather glorify God for that.
17 It is time for the Judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the fate of those who refuse obedience to God's gospel?
18 If the just man is scarcely saved, what will become of the impious and sinful?