1 Peter 2:19

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 13:5 : 5 Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 ¶ For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
  • 2 Cor 8:1 : 1 ¶ Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14-17 : 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 16 ¶ Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 17 For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
  • Job 21:27 : 27 ¶ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.
  • Ps 35:19 : 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
  • Ps 38:19 : 19 But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.
  • Ps 119:86 : 86 All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.› 11 ‹Blessed are ye, when› [men] ‹shall revile you, and persecute› [you], ‹and shall 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 which were before you.›
  • Luke 6:32 : 32 ‹For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.›
  • John 15:21 : 21 ‹But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.›
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Pet 2:20-21
    2 verses
    88%

    20For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.

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

  • 1 Pet 3:16-17
    2 verses
    84%

    16¶ Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

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

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

    12¶ Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

    13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

    14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

    16Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

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

    6Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

  • 1 Pet 2:23
    75%

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

  • 1 Pet 2:12-18
    7 verses
    74%

    12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

    13¶ Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

    14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

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

    16As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

    17Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

    18Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

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

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

    14But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

  • 2 Cor 2:6
    73%

    6Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] of many.

  • Phil 1:29
    73%

    29For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

  • 2 Cor 11:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye [yourselves] are wise.

    20For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour [you], if a man take [of you], if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

  • 1 Pet 4:19
    73%

    19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
    72%

    12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
    72%

    12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

  • 1 Pet 3:9
    71%

    9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

  • Matt 5:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10‹Blessed› [are] ‹they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.›

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

  • Rom 13:5
    71%

    5Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

  • 1 Pet 4:1
    71%

    1¶ Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

  • Col 3:25
    70%

    25But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

  • 2 Cor 1:6
    70%

    6And whether we be afflicted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation.

  • 1 Pet 5:9
    70%

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

  • 1 Pet 1:6
    70%

    6¶ Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

  • Heb 13:18
    70%

    18¶ Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

  • 1 Cor 10:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?

    30For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

  • 1 Tim 2:3
    69%

    3For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

  • 2 Tim 2:3
    69%

    3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 12:3
    69%

    3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

  • 2 Cor 6:4
    69%

    4But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

  • 2 Tim 2:9
    69%

    9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, [even] unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

  • Jas 5:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

    11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

  • Rom 3:5
    69%

    5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

  • Titus 2:9
    68%

    9[Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;