1 Peter 2:19
For this is gracious conduct, if for conscience towards God, any man undergo sorrows, suffering wrongfully.
Thomas Haweis 1795 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 they who are persecuted for righteousness sake: for their’s is the kingdom in heaven.
John 15:21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Romans 13:5Wherefore there is a necessity for being in subjection, not only for fear of wrath, but also for conscience sake.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and peculiarly 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 →