1 Peter 2:19

For there is favor before God for them who, for the sake of a good conscience, endure sorrows that come upon them wrongfully.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

In Context

18And those among you who are servants, be subject to your masters, with reverence; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh and morose.

20But they who endure afflictions on account of their offences, what praise have they? But if, when ye do well, they vex you, and ye endure it; then great is your praise with God.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:10Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs!

John 15:21But all these things will they do to you, on account of my name, because they know not him that sent me.

Romans 13:5And therefore, it is necessary for us to be obedient, not only on account of wrath, but likewise on account of our consciences.

2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and purity, and by the grace of God, and not in the wisdom of the flesh, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially 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 →

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