1 Peter 2:19

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1 Peter 2:19

For it brings favor if, mindful of God’s will, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.

Romans 13:5

Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience.

Job 21:27

I know your thoughts very well,
the schemes you would wrong me with.

Psalm 35:19

Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause
look at me maliciously.

Psalm 38:19

But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;
many hate me for no reason.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.
Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Psalm 119:86

All Your commands are true;
people persecute me with lies—help me!

Matthew 5:10-12

Those who are persecuted for righteousness are blessed,
for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Luke 6:32

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

John 15:21

But they will do all these things to you on account of My name, because they don’t know the One who sent Me.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.

For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace.

2 Corinthians 8:1

We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God granted to the churches of Macedonia:

2 Timothy 1:12

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.

1 Peter 2:20

For what credit is there if you sin and are punished, and you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favor with God.

1 Peter 3:14-17

But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be disturbed,

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Summary

1 Peter 2:19

For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

This

1 Peter 2:20

Luke 6:32

For conscience

2 Timothy 1:12

Suffering

Psalm 119:86

General references

Acts 24:16

Bible References

This

For what credit is there if you sin and are punished, and you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favor with God.

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

For conscience

But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear

or be disturbed,

Those who are persecuted for righteousness are blessed,
for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

But they will do all these things to you on account of My name, because they don’t know the One who sent Me.

Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience.

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me

until that day.

Suffering

I know your thoughts very well,
the schemes you would wrong me with.

Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause
look at me maliciously.

But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;
many hate me for no reason.

Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.
Though I did not steal, I must repay.

All Your commands are true;
people persecute me with lies—help me!

General references

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.