1 Peter 2:20

for what renown [is it], if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure [it]? but if, doing good and suffering [for it], ye do endure, this [is] gracious with God,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

In Context

19for this [is] gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;

21for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

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Cross References

Matthew 5:47and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so?

Mark 14:65and certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, 'Prophesy;' and the officers were striking him with their palms.

Romans 12:1I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice — living, sanctified, acceptable to God — your intelligent service;

Ephesians 5:10proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

1 Peter 2:19for this [is] gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;

1 Peter 3:17for [it is] better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than 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 →

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