1 Peter 2:20
For what glory is it , if, when ye are buffeted for your faults, ye bear it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it , ye bear it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience towards God endureth grief, suffering wrongfully.
Cross References
Matthew 5:47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so?
Mark 14:65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, Prophesy: and the servants struck him with the palms of their hands.
Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Ephesians 5:10Proving what is acceptable to the Lord.
1 Peter 2:19For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience towards God endureth grief, suffering wrongfully.
1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if the will of God is so, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing.
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 →