1 Peter 2:20

“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.”

"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." - 1 Peter 2:20
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What does 1 Peter 2:20 mean?

The verse 1 Peter 2:20 from the King James Version states, "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." This verse is a part of a larger…

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The Divine Acceptance of Suffering Well

In the quiet moments of life, when trials and tribulations befall us, the question often arises: why must we endure such hardships? 1 Peter 2:20 speaks directly to this enigma, asking, "For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently…

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A Prayer for Patience and Acceptance in Suffering

Heavenly Father, I come before You today with a heart laden with the weight of trials and suffering, as I reflect on the profound words of 1 Peter 2:20, which remind me of the essence of endurance. "For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it…

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1 Peter 2:20 - "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."
"But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." - 1 Peter 2:20-21
2 Peter 1:20 - "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation."
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"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." - 2 Peter 1:20
1 Peter 1:20 - "Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,"
2 Peter 2:9
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1 Peter 2:3 - "If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious."
1 Peter 2:22 - "Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:"
1 Peter 2:17 - "Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king."
2 Peter 2:20 - "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning."
2 Peter 1:1 - "Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:"
1 Peter 2:2 - "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:"
1 Peter 2:1 - "Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,"
1 Peter 2:4 - "To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,"
1 Peter 2:11 - "Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;"
1 Peter 2:13 - "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;"
1 Peter 2:16 - "As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God."
2 Peter 1:6 - "And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;"
2 Peter 1:7 - "And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity."
2 Peter 1:2 - "Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,"
1 Peter 2:25 - "For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls."