1 Peter 2:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote [him] with the palms of their hands,
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If 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. 15 But 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. 16 Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
  • Mark 14:65 : 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
  • Luke 6:32 : 32 ‹For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.›
  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 ¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
  • Eph 5:10 : 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things [which were sent] from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
  • 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.›
  • Matt 5:47 : 47 ‹And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more› [than others]? ‹do not even the publicans so?›

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Pet 2:18-19
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    18Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

    19For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

  • 1 Pet 3:16-17
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    82%

    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 2:21-24
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    21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

    22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

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

    24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-16
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    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
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    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;

  • 2 Cor 11:19-20
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    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 3:13-14
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    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;

  • 1 Pet 2:14-15
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    73%

    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:

  • Rom 2:7
    72%

    7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    72%

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

    10¶ But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you].

  • 1 Pet 3:9
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    9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
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    6Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] of many.

  • 1 Pet 4:1
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    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;

  • Jas 5:10-11
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    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.

  • Phil 1:29
    71%

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

  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    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.

  • 1 Pet 4:19
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    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.

  • Matt 5:10-11
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    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.›

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6¶ Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

  • 2 Cor 1:6
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    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.

  • Heb 12:3-4
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    3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

    4¶ Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

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

  • Heb 10:33
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    33Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

  • Rom 5:3
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    3And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

  • Rom 2:4
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    4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

  • Heb 10:36
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    36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

  • 1 Cor 6:7
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    7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather [suffer yourselves to] be defrauded?

  • Heb 12:7
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    7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they [have] of the Jews:

  • 2 Cor 6:4
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    4But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

  • 2 Cor 4:17
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    17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;