Bearing insult for the name of Christ

"If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you."  (1 Peter 4: 14)

"Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you [falsely] because of me.
*Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.h Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you."  (Matthew 5:  11 - 12)