1 Peter 2:19
For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God someone endures grief, suffering unjustly.
Family 35 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 those who have been persecuted on account of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
John 15:21Now they will do all of these things to you because of my name, in that they do not know the One who sent me.
Romans 13:5Therefore it is necessary to submit, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience.
2 Corinthians 1:12Now this is our boast: the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world with openness and godly sincerity, not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward 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 →