1 Peter 2:20

For what glory is there, if you sin and then suffer a beating? But if you do well and suffer patiently, this is grace with God.

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In The King James Version

For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

In Context

19For this is grace: when, because of God, a man willingly endures sorrows, suffering injustice.

21For you have been called to this because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in his footsteps.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:47And if you greet only your brothers, what more have you done? Do not even the pagans behave this way?

Mark 14:65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and to strike him with fists, and to say to him, “Prophesy.” And the servants struck him with the palms their hands.

Romans 12:1And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind.

Ephesians 5:10affirming what is well-pleasing to God.

1 Peter 2:19For this is grace: when, because of God, a man willingly endures sorrows, suffering injustice.

1 Peter 3:17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is the will of God, than for doing evil.

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 →

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