I know your thoughts very well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
1 Peter 2:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For it brings favour if, because of a consciousness of God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For one is regarded favorably (is approved, acceptable, and thankworthy) if, as in the sight of God, he endures the pain of unjust suffering. American Standard Version (1901) For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully. Common English Bible Now, it is commendable if, because of one’s understanding of God, someone should endure pain through suffering unjustly. Catholic Public Domain Version For this is grace: when, because of God, a man willingly endures sorrows, suffering injustice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this is thankworthy, if for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully. |
I know your thoughts very well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they don’t know the one who sent me.
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath but also because of your conscience.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.
We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that was given to the churches of Macedonia:
and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me , until that day.
Otherwise, wouldn’t they have stopped being offered, since the worshippers, purified once and for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?
For what credit is there if when you do wrong and are beaten, you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favour with God.
Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.