1 Peter 2:19

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

One of you might have to suffer even when you have done nothing wrong. If you think of God and bear the pain, this pleases God.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:20

But if you are punished for doing wrong, there is no reason to praise you for bearing that punishment. But if you suffer for doing good and you are patient, this pleases God.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But, because of God’s grace, that is what I am. And his grace that he gave me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But I was not really the one working. It was God’s grace that was with me.)

Luke 6:32

“If you love only those who love you, should you get any special praise for doing that? No, even sinners love those who love them!

Romans 13:5

So you must obey the government, not just because you might be punished, but because you know it is the right thing to do.

John 15:21

They will do to you whatever they did to me, because you belong to me. They don’t know the one who sent me.

2 Timothy 1:12

And I suffer now because of that work. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one I have put my trust in. And I am sure that he is able to protect what I have put into his care until that Day.

2 Corinthians 8:1

And now, brothers and sisters, we want to tell you what God’s grace has done in the churches in Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say with a clear conscience that it is true: In everything we have done in the world, we have done it with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even truer in what we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace, not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

Psalm 119:86

All your commands can be trusted. Those people are wrong to persecute me. Help me!

Psalm 69:4

I have more enemies than the hairs on my head. They hate me for no reason. They try hard to destroy me. My enemies tell lies about me. They say I stole from them and they demand that I pay for things I did not steal.

Psalm 38:19

But my enemies are alive and healthy, and they have told many lies.

Psalm 35:19

Don’t let my lying enemies keep on laughing at me. They have no reason to hate me. Surely they will be punished for their secret plans.

Job 21:27

“But I know what you are thinking, and I know you want to hurt me.

Acts 11:23

Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith. When he went to Antioch and saw how God had blessed the believers there, he was very happy. He encouraged them all, saying, “Always be faithful to the Lord. Serve him with all your heart.” Many more people became followers of the Lord.

Hebrews 10:2

If the law could make people perfect, those sacrifices would have already stopped. They would already be clean from their sins, and they would not still feel guilty.

1 Peter 4:15

You may suffer, but don’t let it be because you murder, steal, make trouble, or try to control other people’s lives.