1 Peter 2:19

For this is thankworthy, if for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

In Context

18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

20For what glory is it, if committing sin, and being buffeted for it, you endure? But if doing well you suffer patiently; this is thankworthy before God.

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Cross References

Psalms 35:19Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me : who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes.

Psalms 69:4I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.

Matthew 5:10Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

John 15:21But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake: because they know not him who sent me.

Romans 13:5Wherefore be subject of necessity, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake.

2 Corinthians 1:12For our glory is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards 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 →

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