1 Peter 2:20

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What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you. 15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business; 16 But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.
  • Mark 14:65 : 65 And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.
  • Luke 6:32 : 32 If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.
  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him. 2 And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;
  • Eph 5:10 : 10 Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs. 11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me. 12 Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
  • Matt 5:47 : 47 And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do 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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    18 Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

    19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

  • 1 Pet 3:16-17
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    16 Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

    17 Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.

  • 1 Pet 2:21-24
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    21 This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

    22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

    23 To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:

    24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-16
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    12 Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

    13 But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.

    14 If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you.

    15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;

    16 But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-6
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    4 So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

    5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

    6 For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

  • 2 Cor 11:19-20
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    19 For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

    20 You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-14
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    13 Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?

    14 But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

  • 1 Pet 2:14-15
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    73%

    14 And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of those who do well.

    15 Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

  • Rom 2:7
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    7 To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    72%

    9 Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

    10 And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

  • 1 Pet 3:9
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    9 Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
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    6 Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

  • 1 Pet 4:1
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    1 So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;

  • Jas 5:10-11
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    10 Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.

    11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

  • Phil 1:29
    71%

    29 Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:

  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12 Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

  • 1 Pet 4:19
    71%

    19 For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.

  • Matt 5:10-11
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    71%

    10 Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

    11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6 You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

  • 2 Cor 1:6
    70%

    6 But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

  • Heb 12:3-4
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    70%

    3 Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.

    4 Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12 Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.

  • Heb 10:33
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    33 In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.

  • Rom 5:3
    69%

    3 And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

  • Rom 2:4
    69%

    4 Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?

  • Heb 10:36
    69%

    36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

  • 1 Cor 6:7
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    7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

  • Heb 12:7
    69%

    7 It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

  • 1 Thess 2:14
    69%

    14 For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

  • 2 Cor 6:4
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    4 But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,

  • 2 Cor 4:17
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    17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;