1 Peter 2:20

James Moffatt - New Testament

Where is the credit in standing punishment for having done wrong? No, if you stand suffering for having done right, that is what God counts a merit.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:19

for it is a merit when from a sense of God one bears the pain of unjust suffering.

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better to suffer for doing right (if that should be the will of God) than for doing wrong.

1 Peter 3:14

Even supposing you have to suffer for the sake of what is right, still you are blessed. Have no fear of their threats, do not let that trouble you,

Luke 6:32

If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Why, even sinful men love those who love them.

Matthew 5:47

and if you only salute your friends, what is special about that? do not the very pagans do as much?

1 Corinthians 4:11

To this very hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and knocked about, we are waifs,

Mark 14:65

and some of them started to spit on him and to blindfold him and buffet him, asking him, "Prophesy." The attendants treated him to cuffs and slaps.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat in his face and buffeted him, some of them cuffing him

Philippians 4:18

Your debt to me is fully paid and more than paid! I am amply supplied with what you have sent by Epaphroditus, a fragrant perfume, the sort of sacrifice that God approves and welcomes.

Ephesians 5:10

verifying what pleases the Lord.

Galatians 4:18

Now it is fine for you to be made much of honestly and all the time — not simply when I can be with you.