1 Peter 2:20

Suffering Patience

¹⁸ Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.

¹⁹ For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

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.

²¹ For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

²² “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable with God.
BLB: For what kind of renown [is it] if sinning and being battered, you⁺ shall endure? But if doing good and suffering, you⁺ shall endure, this [is] grace with God.

ÅB: For hva ros er det om dere er tålmodige når dere synder og får straff for det? Men om dere er tålmodige når dere gjør det gode og allikevel må lide, da finner dette nåde hos Gud.
OTB: For hva ros er det om dere holder ut når dere synder og blir hardt behandlet? Men om dere holder ut når dere gjør godt og lider for det, da er dette Gud til behag.
B1930: For hvad ros er det om I er tålmodige når I synder og får straff for det? Men om I er tålmodige når I gjør det gode og allikevel må lide, da finner dette nåde hos Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Peter 2:19
For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
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1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
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Matthew 5:10–12
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
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1 Peter 4:14–16
If 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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Luke 6:32
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
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Matthew 5:47
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
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Ephesians 5:10
Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
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