1 Peter 2:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.”
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“How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for what renown <FI>is it<Fi> , if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure <FI>it<Fi> ? but if, doing good and suffering <FI>for it<Fi> , ye do endure, this <FI>is<Fi> gracious with God,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Peter 2:20 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 5:47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
- Matthew 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
- Mark 14:65Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
- Luke 6:32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
- Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- 1 Corinthians 4:11To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
- Ephesians 5:10Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
- Philippians 4:18I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
- 1 Peter 2:19For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
- 1 Peter 3:14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
- 1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
- 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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