1 Peter 2:19
for this [is] gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;
Young's Literal Translation
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 35:19Mine enemies rejoice not over me [with] falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.
Psalms 69:4Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away — I bring back.
Matthew 5:10'Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake — because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
John 15:21but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;
Romans 13:5Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,
2 Corinthians 1:12For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward 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 →