Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

For

1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be disturbed,
1 Peter 4:14
If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
Matthew 5:47
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing out of the ordinary? Don’t even the Gentiles do the same?

Buffeted

Matthew 26:67
Then they spit in His face and beat Him; others slapped Him
Mark 14:65
Then some began to spit on Him, to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, saying, “Prophesy!” The temple police also took Him and slapped Him.
1 Corinthians 4:11
Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;

When

1 Peter 2:19
For it brings favor if, mindful of God’s will, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.

General references

Deuteronomy 25:2
If the guilty party deserves to be flogged, the judge will make him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate for his crime.

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