1 Peter 2:20

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What credit is it if you sin and are beaten for it, and you endure? But if you do good and suffer for it, and you endure, this is commendable before God.

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  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For this is commendable: if someone endures grief, suffering unjustly because of their conscience toward God.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then they spat in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him,
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
  • Mark 14:65 : 65 Then some began to spit on him. They blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took him and beat him.
  • Luke 6:32 : 32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercies, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, and we are homeless.
  • Eph 5:10 : 10 Prove what is well-pleasing to the Lord.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have received full payment, and more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be intimidated.
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
  • Matt 5:47 : 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Pet 2:18-19
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    88%

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

    19For this is commendable: if someone endures grief, suffering unjustly because of their conscience toward God.

  • 1 Pet 3:16-17
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    82%

    16Yet do so with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are maligned, those who accuse your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.

    17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

  • 1 Pet 2:21-24
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    81%

    21To this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example to follow in His footsteps.

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

    23When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

    24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-16
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    77%

    12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

    13But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

    14If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

    15If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.

    16However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-6
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    77%

    4As a result, we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

    5This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

    6Since it is just for God to repay those who trouble you with affliction,

  • 2 Cor 11:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.

    20In fact, you put up with anyone who enslaves you, devours you, takes advantage of you, exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-14
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    74%

    13Who then will harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

    14But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be intimidated.

  • 1 Pet 2:14-15
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    14or to governors as those sent by him to punish evildoers and to praise those who do good.

    15For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish people.

  • Rom 2:7
    72%

    7To those who seek glory, honor, and immortality by persistence in doing good, He will give eternal life.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9Resist him, standing firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.

    10But the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will Himself restore, establish, strengthen, and uphold you.

  • 1 Pet 3:9
    72%

    9Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary, give a blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
    72%

    6The punishment imposed by the majority is sufficient for such a person.

  • 1 Pet 4:1
    72%

    1Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body on our behalf, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has ceased from sin.

  • Jas 5:10-11
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    72%

    10Take, my brothers and sisters, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering and patience.

    11See, we consider those who have endured to be blessed. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the Lord's outcome—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

  • Phil 1:29
    71%

    29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,

  • 1 Pet 2:12
    71%

    12Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

  • 1 Pet 4:19
    71%

    19So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator while continuing to do good.

  • Matt 5:10-11
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    71%

    10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
    70%

    6In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

  • 2 Cor 1:6
    70%

    6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces patient endurance of the same sufferings we also endure.

  • Heb 12:3-4
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    3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

    4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
    70%

    12Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

  • Heb 10:33
    69%

    33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insults and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.

  • Rom 5:3
    69%

    3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.

  • Rom 2:4
    69%

    4Or do you disrespect the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

  • Heb 10:36
    69%

    36You need endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

  • 1 Cor 6:7
    69%

    7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

  • Heb 12:7
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    7If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.

  • 2 Cor 6:4
    69%

    4Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,

  • 2 Cor 4:17
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    17For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.