1 Peter 2:23
Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay a righteous man with a wicked man, that so the righteous man should be as the wicked man. Far be it from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Psalms 10:14Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits [himself] to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 37:5Commit thy way to LORD. Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.
Psalms 96:13before LORD, for he comes. For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
Matthew 27:39And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads,
Mark 15:29And those who passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
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 →