1 Peter 2:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye] ; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you. 15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters: 16 but if [a man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.
  • Mark 14:65 : 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their hands.
  • Luke 6:32 : 32 And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them.
  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your spiritual service. 2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;
  • Eph 5:10 : 10 proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things [that came] from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
  • Matt 5:47 : 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the Gentiles the same?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Pet 2:18-19
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    18Servants, [be] in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

    19For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

  • 1 Pet 3:16-17
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    82%

    16having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

    17For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

  • 1 Pet 2:21-24
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    81%

    21For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

    22who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

    23who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

    24who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-16
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    12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

    13but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

    14If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye] ; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.

    15For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters:

    16but if [a man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-6
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    4so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

    5[ which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

    6if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,

  • 2 Cor 11:19-20
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    19For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise [yourselves] .

    20For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you [captive], if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-14
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    74%

    13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?

    14But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

  • 1 Pet 2:14-15
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    73%

    14or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.

    15For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

  • Rom 2:7
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    7to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

    10And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

  • 1 Pet 3:9
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    9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
    72%

    6Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the many;

  • 1 Pet 4:1
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    1Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

  • Jas 5:10-11
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    10Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.

    11Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

  • Phil 1:29
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    29because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:

  • 1 Pet 2:12
    71%

    12having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  • 1 Pet 4:19
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    19Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.

  • Matt 5:10-11
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    71%

    10Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

  • 2 Cor 1:6
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    6But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

  • Heb 12:3-4
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    3For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.

    4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

  • Heb 10:33
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    33partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.

  • Rom 5:3
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    3And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;

  • Rom 2:4
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    4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

  • Heb 10:36
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    36For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

  • 1 Cor 6:7
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    7Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

  • Heb 12:7
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    7It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not?

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;

  • 2 Cor 6:4
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    4but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

  • 2 Cor 4:17
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    17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;