1 Peter 2:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

For this is thanke worthie, if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe, suffering wrongfully.

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  • Rom 13:5 : 5 Wherefore ye must bee subiect, not because of wrath only, but also for conscience sake.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vaine: but I laboured more aboundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our reioycing is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie and godly purenesse, and not in fleshly wisedome, but by the grace of God wee haue had our conuersation in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
  • 2 Cor 8:1 : 1 We doe you also to wit, brethren, of the grace of God bestowed vpon the Churches of Macedonia,
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed: for I knowe whom I haue beleeued, and I am persuaded that he is able to keepe that which I haue committed to him against that day.
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faultes, yee take it paciently? but and if when ye doe well, ye suffer wrong and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14-17 : 14 Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled. 15 But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready alwayes to giue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekenesse and reuerence, 16 Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ. 17 For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.
  • Job 21:27 : 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
  • Ps 35:19 : 19 Let not them that are mine enemies, vniustly reioyce ouer mee, neyther let them winke with the eye, that hate mee without a cause.
  • Ps 38:19 : 19 Then mine enemies are aliue & are mightie, and they that hate me wrongfully are many.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate mee without a cause, are moe then the heares of mine heade: they that would destroy mee, and are mine enemies falsly, are mightie, so that I restored that which I tooke not.
  • Ps 119:86 : 86 All thy commaundements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen. 11 Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, & say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely. 12 Reioyce and be glad, for great is your reward in heauen: for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you.
  • Luke 6:32 : 32 For if yee loue them which loue you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners loue those that loue them.
  • John 15:21 : 21 But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake, because they haue not knowen him that sent me.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Who when he was come and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they would continue in the Lord.

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  • 1 Pet 2:20-21
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    20For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faultes, yee take it paciently? but and if when ye doe well, ye suffer wrong and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God.

    21For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for you, leauing you an ensample that ye should folow his steppes.

  • 1 Pet 3:16-17
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    16Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

    17For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-16
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    12Dearely beloued, thinke it not strange concerning the firie triall, which is among you to proue you, as though some strange thing were come vnto you:

    13But reioyce, in asmuch as ye are partakers of Christs suffrings, that when his glory shall appeare, ye may be glad and reioyce.

    14If yee be railed vpon for the Name of Christ, blessed are ye: for the spirit of glory, and of God resteth vpon you: which on their part is euill spoken of: but on your part is glorified.

    15But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters.

    16But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not bee ashamed: but let him glorifie God in this behalfe.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-6
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    4So that we our selues reioyce of you in the Churches of God, because of your patience & faith in al your persecutions & tribulatios that ye suffer,

    5Which is a manifest token of the righteous iudgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdome of God, for the which ye also suffer.

    6For it is a righteous thing with God, to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,

  • 1 Pet 2:23
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    23Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth righteously.

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    12And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.

    13Therefore submit your selues vnto all maner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake, whether it be vnto the King, as vnto the superiour,

    14Or vnto gouernours, as vnto them that are sent of him, for the punishment of euill doers, and for the praise of them that doe well.

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

    16As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.

    17Honour all men: loue brotherly fellowship: feare God: honour the King.

    18Seruaunts, be subiect to your masters with all feare, not onely to the good and courteous, but also to the froward.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-14
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    13And who is it that will harme you, if ye folow that which is good?

    14Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
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    6It is sufficient vnto the same man, that hee was rebuked of many.

  • Phil 1:29
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    29For vnto you it is giuen for Christ, that not onely ye should beleeue in him, but also suffer for his sake,

  • 2 Cor 11:19-20
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    19For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.

    20For ye suffer, euen if a man bring you into bondage, if a man deuoure you, if a man take your goods, if a man exalt himselfe, if a man smite you on the face.

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    19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit their soules to him in well doing, as vnto a faithfull Creator.

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    12Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.

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    12And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

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    9Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

  • Matt 5:10-11
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    10Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.

    11Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, & say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely.

  • Rom 13:5
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    5Wherefore ye must bee subiect, not because of wrath only, but also for conscience sake.

  • 1 Pet 4:1
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    1Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the flesh, arme your selues likewise with the same minde, which is, that he which hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sinne,

  • Col 3:25
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    25But he that doeth wrong, shall receiue for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

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    6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and saluation, which is wrought in the induring of the same sufferings, which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and saluation.

  • 1 Pet 5:9
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    9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren which are in the world.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6Wherein yee reioyce, though nowe for a season (if neede require) yee are in heauinesse, through manifolde tentations,

  • Heb 13:18
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    18Pray for vs: for we are assured that we haue a good conscience in all things, desiring to liue honestly.

  • 1 Cor 10:29-30
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    29And the conscience, I say, not thine, but of that other: for why should my libertie be condemned of another mans conscience?

    30For if I through Gods benefite be partaker, why am I euill spoken of, for that wherefore I giue thankes?

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    3For this is good & acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour,

  • 2 Tim 2:3
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    3Thou therefore suffer affliction as a good souldier of Iesus Christ.

  • Heb 12:3
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    3Consider therefore him that endured such speaking against of sinners, lest ye should be wearied and faint in your mindes.

  • 2 Cor 6:4
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    4But in all things we approue our selues as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

  • 2 Tim 2:9
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    9Wherein I suffer trouble as an euill doer, euen vnto bondes: but the worde of God is not bounde.

  • Jas 5:10-11
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    10Take, my brethren, the Prophets for an ensample of suffering aduersitie, and of long patience, which haue spoken in the Name of the Lord.

    11Beholde, we count them blessed which endure. Ye haue heard of the patience of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the Lord made. For the Lord is very pitifull and mercifull.

  • Rom 3:5
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    5Now if our vnrighteousnes comend the righteousnes of God, what shal we say? Is God vnrighteous which punisheth? (I speake as a man.)

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    9Let seruants be subiect to their masters, & please them in al things, not answering again,