1 Peter 2:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

1 Peter 2:19 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …
1 Peter 3:14-17
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; …
Luke 6:32
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
1 Peter 2:20
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.

Topics

Anger Commandments Company Conscience Discipleship Disobedience to God Duty Example

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-25)

The general rule of a Christian conversation is this, it must be honest, which it cannot be if there be not a conscientious discharge of all relative duties. The apostle here particularly treats of these distinctly. I. The case of subjects. Christians were not only reputed innovators in religion, but disturbers of the state; it was highly necessary, therefore, that the apostle should settle the ru…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

19. Reason for subjection even to froward masters. thankworthy--(Lu 6:33). A course out of the common, and especially praiseworthy in the eyes of God: not as Rome interprets, earning merit, and so a work of supererogation (compare 1Pe 2:20). for conscience toward God--literally, “consciousness of God”: from a conscientious regard to God, more than to men. endure--Greek, “patiently bear up under”:…