1 Peter 2:19
For, this, is thankworthy,—If, for the sake of conscience towards God, one beareth griefs, suffering wrongfully,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 35:19Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!
Psalms 69:4More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause,—Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause,—What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.
Matthew 5:10Happy, they who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake; for, theirs, is the kingdom of the heavens.
John 15:21But, all these things, will they do unto you, on account of my name, because they know not him that sent me.
Romans 13:5Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection,—not only because of the anger, but also because of the conscience;
2 Corinthians 1:12For, our boasting, is, this,—the witness of our conscience, that, in sanctity and sincerity of God, [and] not in fleshly wisdom, but in God’s favour, have we behaved ourselves in the world,—and more abundantly 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 →