1 Peter 2:19
For this is praiseworthy, if any one, on account of conscience toward God, endure sorrows, suffering unjustly.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
John 15:21But all these things they will do to you on my account, because they know not him that sent me.
Romans 13:5Wherefore, it is necessary to be subject, not only because of punishment, but also for conscience sake.
2 Corinthians 1:12For the ground of our rejoicing is this: the testimony of our conscience that we have lived in the world more―abundantly, indeed, for you―in sincerity and godly purity, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God.
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 →