1 Peter 2:20

For they who on account of their offences suffer tribulations, what praise have they? But when you do well and they afflict you, and you endure, then doth your praise become great with Aloha.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 these are pleasing before Aloha, who, for the sake of a good conscience, endure the afflictions that come upon them unjustly.

21For unto this have you been called; because the Meshiha also hath died for us, and left us this example, that in his steps we may walk.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:47And if you wish peace to your brethren only, what more do you than they? do not also the tribute-gatherers this?

Mark 14:65And some began to spit on his person, and they struck him on his face, and did buffet him, saying, Prophesy! and the servitors struck him upon his cheeks.

Romans 12:1I BESEECH then of you, my brethren, by the mercies of Aloha, that you present your bodies a sacrifice, living and holy and acceptable unto Aloha, in a rational service.

Ephesians 5:10And be discerning of that which is good before our Lord.

1 Peter 2:19For these are pleasing before Aloha, who, for the sake of a good conscience, endure the afflictions that come upon them unjustly.

1 Peter 3:17For it helpeth you (if) while doing goodly works you have to sustain evil, if so it be the will of Aloha, and not while working evils.

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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