1 Peter 2:20
For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.
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- 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.
- Matt 26:67 : 67 Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
- 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
- 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified. 15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters. 16 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
- Mark 14:65 : 65 Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
- Luke 6:32 : 32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
- Rom 12:1-2 : 1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. 2 Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
- Eph 5:10 : 10 proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord.
- Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
- 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."
- Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
- Matt 5:47 : 47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
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- 1 Pet 2:18-192 verses88%
18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
19 For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.
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16 having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good manner of life in Christ.
17 For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
- 1 Pet 2:21-244 verses81%
21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} an example, that you should follow his steps,
22 who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."
23 Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;
24 who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
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12 Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
13 But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also you may rejoice with exceeding joy.
14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters.
16 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
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4 so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
5 This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.
6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
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19 For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
20 For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.
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13 Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?
14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."
- 1 Pet 2:14-152 verses73%
14 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to those who do well.
15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life;
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12 We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
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9 Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.
10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
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9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
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6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
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1 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
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10 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
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29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
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12 having good behavior among the nations, so in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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19 Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.
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10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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6 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,
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6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
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3 For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls.
4 You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;
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12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
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33 partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.
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3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;
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4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
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36 For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
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7 Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
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7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?
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14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;
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4 but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
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17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;