1 Peter 2:20

New International Version

But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

Cross References

Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him

Matthew 5:47

And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?

Mark 14:65

Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, “Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him.

Luke 6:32

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

1 Corinthians 4:11

To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

Galatians 4:18

It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.

Ephesians 5:10

and find out what pleases the Lord.

Philippians 4:18

I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

1 Peter 2:19

For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.