1 Peter 2:19
For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.
Bible in Basic English
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 35:19Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.
Psalms 69:4\69:3\I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.
Matthew 5:10Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
John 15:21They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
Romans 13:5So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, 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 →