1 Peter 2:19
For this is graciousness, if, because of consciousness of God, any man endures sorrows, suffering wrongfully.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 35:19Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.
Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
John 15:21But all these things they will do to you because of my name, because they have not known him who sent me.
Romans 13:5Therefore there is a need to be subordinate, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:14-25
Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the… Read the whole commentary →