1 Peter 2:20

for what renown [is it], if sinning and being battered, you endure [it]? But if, doing good and suffering [for it], you endure, 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: if anyone endures sorrows because of conscience toward God, suffering unrighteously;

21for to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving to you an example, that you may follow His steps,

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Cross References

Matthew 5:47And if you may greet your brothers only, what do you do abundant? Do the nations not also do so?

Mark 14:65and certain began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to punch Him, and to say to Him, “Prophesy”; and the officers were striking Him with their palms.

Romans 12:1I call on you, therefore, brothers, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies [as] a sacrifice—living, sanctified, acceptable to God—your intelligent service;

Ephesians 5:10proving what is well-pleasing to the LORD;

1 Peter 2:19for this [is] grace: if anyone endures sorrows because of conscience toward God, suffering unrighteously;

1 Peter 3:17for if the will of God wills it, [it is] better to suffer doing good, than 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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