1 Peter 2:19
for this [is] grace: if anyone endures sorrows because of conscience toward God, suffering unrighteously;
Literal Standard Version
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 enemies rejoice over me [with] falsehood, || Those hating me without cause wink the eye.
Psalms 69:4Those hating me without cause || Have been more than the hairs of my head, || Mighty have been my destroyers, || My lying enemies, || That which I did not take away—I bring back.
Matthew 5:10Blessed those persecuted for righteousness’ sake—because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
John 15:21but all these things will they do to you, because of My Name, because they have not known Him who sent Me;
Romans 13:5For this reason it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,
2 Corinthians 1:12For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly 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 →