1 Peter 2:20 BSB — MannaFest

1 Peter 2:20

How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

BSB

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ASV

For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

KJV

For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

Scorpiace (220)

To whom would He have rather made known the veiled import of His own language, than to him to whom He disclosed the likeness of His own glory-to Peter, John, and James, and afterwards to Paul, to whom He granted participation in (the joys of) paradise too, prior to his martyrdom? Or do they also write differently from what they think-teachers using deceit, not truth? Addressing the Christians of Pontus, Peter, at all events, says, "How great indeed is the glory, if ye suffer patiently, without being punished as evildoers!

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Sufferings in this world are not always pledges of our future happiness; if children or servants be rude and undutiful, and suffer for it, this will neither be acceptable with God nor procure the praise of men. (2.) More reasons are given to encourage Christian servants to patience under unjust sufferings,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For what glory is it - It appears from this that the poor Christians, and especially those who had been converted to Christianity while in a state of slavery, were often grievously abused, they were buffeted because they were Christians, and because they would not join with their masters in idolatrous worship.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ποῖον	poion	What kind of	G4169 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
κλέος	kleos	credit [is it]	G2811 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
ἁμαρτάνοντες	hamartanontes	sinning	G264 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
κολαφιζόμενοι	kolaphizomenoi	being struck	G2852 →
ὑπομενεῖτε;	hupomeneite	you will endure?	G5278 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	But	G235 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
ἀγαθοποιοῦντες	agathopoiountes	doing good	G15 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πάσχοντες	paschontes	suffering	G3958 →
ὑπομενεῖτε,	hupomeneite	you will endure,	G5278 →
τοῦτο	touto	this [is]	G3778 →
χάρις	charis	commendable	G5485 →
παρὰ	para	before	G3844 →
θεῷ.	theō	God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 6:32
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
leads to
- Matthew 5:46–47
  If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
- 1 Peter 2:19–20
  For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
Through
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:14
  But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
- 1 Peter 4:19
  So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
- Matthew 26:39
  Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
- 1 Peter 2:15
  For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
Through
1 Peter 2:19
For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
leads to
- Matthew 5:10–12
  Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- 1 Peter 3:14–17
  But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Peter

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Peter