1 Peter 2:20
For what glory is it, if when ye sin and are punished for it, ye bear it patiently? but if when ye do well and suffer for it, ye bear it patiently, this will gain favor with God.
1770 John Worsley NT
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Matthew 5:47and if ye embrace your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not the publicans so likewise?
Mark 14:65And they spit upon Him, and blind-folded Him, and then buffeted Him and said to Him, prophesy who it was: and the officers struck him with their rods.
Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and well-pleasing to God, as your rational service.
Ephesians 5:10approving what is well-pleasing to the Lord.
1 Peter 2:19for this is an evidence of grace, if any one for conscience towards God endure griefs, suffering unjustly.
1 Peter 3:17For it is better (if it be the will of God) to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
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 →