1 Peter 2:19

New Living Translation

For God is pleased when, conscious of his will, you patiently endure unjust treatment.

Cross References

Job 21:27

“Look, I know what you’re thinking. I know the schemes you plot against me.

Psalm 119:86

All your commands are trustworthy. Protect me from those who hunt me down without cause.

Psalm 35:19

Don’t let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat. Don’t let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.

Psalm 38:19

I have many aggressive enemies; they hate me without reason.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs on my head. Many enemies try to destroy me with lies, demanding that I give back what I didn’t steal.

Luke 6:32

“If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them!

John 15:21

They will do all this to you because of me, for they have rejected the one who sent me.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw this evidence of God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.

Romans 13:5

So you must submit to them, not only to avoid punishment, but also to keep a clear conscience.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

2 Corinthians 1:12

We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.

2 Corinthians 8:1

Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia.

2 Timothy 1:12

That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return.

Hebrews 10:2

If they could have provided perfect cleansing, the sacrifices would have stopped, for the worshipers would have been purified once for all time, and their feelings of guilt would have disappeared.

1 Peter 2:20

Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you.

1 Peter 4:15

If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.