1 Peter 2:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for what renown `is it', if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure `it'? but if, doing good and suffering `for it', ye do endure, this `is' gracious with God,

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 for this `is' gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap,
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 for `it is' better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 if ye be reproached in the name of Christ -- happy `are ye', because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified; 15 for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters; 16 and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;
  • Mark 14:65 : 65 and certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, `Prophesy;' and the officers were striking him with their palms.
  • Luke 6:32 : 32 and -- if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;
  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service; 2 and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what `is' the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,
  • Eph 5:10 : 10 proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you -- an odour of a sweet smell -- a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy `are ye'! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 `Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens. 11 `Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake -- 12 rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward `is' great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.
  • Matt 5:47 : 47 and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so?

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    18The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

    19for this `is' gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;

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

    16having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

    17for `it is' better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

  • 1 Pet 2:21-24
    4 verses
    81%

    21for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

    22who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

    23who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

    24who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

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

    12Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

    13but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice -- exulting;

    14if ye be reproached in the name of Christ -- happy `are ye', because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

    15for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

    16and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;

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

    4so that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;

    5a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

    6since `it is' a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble,

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

    19for gladly do ye bear with the fools -- being wise,

    20for ye bear, if any one is bringing you under bondage, if any one doth devour, if any one doth take away, if any one doth exalt himself, if any one on the face doth smite you;

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

    13and who `is' he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?

    14but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy `are ye'! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

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

    14whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

    15because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

  • Rom 2:7
    72%

    7to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

  • 1 Cor 4:12
    72%

    12and labour, working with `our' own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

    10And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle `you';

  • 1 Pet 3:9
    72%

    9not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

  • 2 Cor 2:6
    72%

    6sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that `is' by the more part,

  • 1 Pet 4:1
    72%

    1Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

  • Jas 5:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;

    11lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.

  • Phil 1:29
    71%

    29because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

  • 1 Pet 2:12
    71%

    12having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

  • 1 Pet 4:19
    71%

    19so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

  • Matt 5:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

    11`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --

  • 1 Pet 1:6
    70%

    6in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

  • 2 Cor 1:6
    70%

    6and whether we be in tribulation, `it is' for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, `it is' for your comfort and salvation;

  • Heb 12:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.

    4Not yet unto blood did ye resist -- with the sin striving;

  • 2 Tim 3:12
    70%

    12and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

  • Heb 10:33
    69%

    33partly both with reproaches and tribulations being made spectacles, and partly having become partners of those so living,

  • Rom 5:3
    69%

    3And not only `so', but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

  • Rom 2:4
    69%

    4or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? -- not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

  • Heb 10:36
    69%

    36for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

  • 1 Cor 6:7
    69%

    7Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?

  • Heb 12:7
    69%

    7if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

  • 1 Thess 2:14
    69%

    14for ye became imitators, brethren, of the assemblies of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because such things ye suffered, even ye, from your own countrymen, as also they from the Jews,

  • 2 Cor 6:4
    69%

    4but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

  • 2 Cor 4:17
    69%

    17for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us --