1 Peter 2:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

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.

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  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For this is thanke worthie, if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe, suffering wrongfully.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then spet they in his face, and buffeted him, and other smote him with roddes,
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If 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. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters. 16 But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not bee ashamed: but let him glorifie God in this behalfe.
  • Mark 14:65 : 65 And some began to spit at him, and to couer his face, and to beate him with fists, and to say vnto him, Prophesie; the sergeants smote him with their roddes.
  • 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.
  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 I Beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that yee giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, which is your reasonable seruing of God. 2 And fashion not your selues like vnto this worlde, but bee yee changed by the renewing of your minde, that ye may prooue what that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God is.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 Vnto this houre we both hunger, & thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,
  • Eph 5:10 : 10 Approuing that which is pleasing to the Lorde.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 Now I haue receiued all, and haue plentie: I was euen filled, after that I had receiued of Epaphroditus that which came from you, an odour that smelleth sweete, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasant to God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled.
  • 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.
  • Matt 5:47 : 47 And if ye be friendly to your brethren onely, what singular thing doe ye? doe not euen the Publicanes likewise?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Pet 2:18-19
    2 verses
    88%

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

    19For this is thanke worthie, if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe, suffering wrongfully.

  • 1 Pet 3:16-17
    2 verses
    82%

    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 2:21-24
    4 verses
    81%

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

    22Who did no sinne, neither was there guile found in his mouth.

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

    24Who his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we being dead to sinne, should liue in righteousnesse: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-16
    5 verses
    77%

    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
    3 verses
    77%

    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,

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

    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.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Pet 2:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    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,

  • Rom 2:7
    72%

    7That is, to them which through patience in well doing, seeke glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, euerlasting life:

  • 1 Cor 4:12
    72%

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

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren which are in the world.

    10And the God of all grace, which hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christ Iesus, after that ye haue suffered a litle, make you perfite, confirme, strengthen and stablish you.

  • 1 Pet 3:9
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
    72%

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

  • 1 Pet 4:1
    72%

    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,

  • Jas 5:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Phil 1:29
    71%

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

  • 1 Pet 2:12
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Pet 4:19
    71%

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

  • Matt 5:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
    70%

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

  • 2 Cor 1:6
    70%

    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.

  • Heb 12:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

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

    4Ye haue not yet resisted vnto blood, striuing against sinne.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.

  • Heb 10:33
    69%

    33Partly while yee were made a gazing stocke both by reproches & afflictions, and partly while ye became companions of them which were so tossed to and fro.

  • Rom 5:3
    69%

    3Neither that onely, but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowing that tribulation bringeth forth patience,

  • Rom 2:4
    69%

    4Or despisest thou the riches of his bountifulnesse, and patience, and long sufferance, not knowing that the bountifulnesse of God leadeth thee to repentance?

  • Heb 10:36
    69%

    36For ye haue neede of patience, that after ye haue done the will of God, ye might receiue the promes.

  • 1 Cor 6:7
    69%

    7Nowe therefore there is altogether infirmitie in you, in that yee goe to lawe one with another: why rather suffer ye not wrong? why rather susteine yee not harme?

  • Heb 12:7
    69%

    7If ye endure chastening, God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes: for what sonne is it whom the father chasteneth not?

  • 1 Thess 2:14
    69%

    14For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes,

  • 2 Cor 6:4
    69%

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

  • 2 Cor 4:17
    69%

    17For our light affliction which is but for a moment, causeth vnto vs a farre most excellent and an eternall waight of glorie: