1 Peter 2:20-21

“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 even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:”

"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 even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:" - 1 Peter 2:20-21
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What does 1 Peter 2:20-21 mean?

1 Peter 2:20-21 (KJV) 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. 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered…

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Following in His Footsteps: The Call to Endure Righteous Suffering

In the epistle of 1 Peter, the Apostle Paul sheds light on a profound truth about suffering and the Christian calling. In chapter 2, verses 20-21 (KJV), he writes: "But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? but if you suffer for doing…

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A Prayer for Strength and Perseverance in Suffering

Dear Heavenly Father, I come before You in humble reverence, recognizing Your majesty and the depth of Your love for me. As I reflect upon the words of 1 Peter 2:20-21, I am reminded of the profound truths that lie within this sacred scripture. \"But how is it to your credit if…

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1 Peter 2:20-21
1 Peter 2:1 - "Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,"
2 Peter 1:20 - "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation."
"Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings," - 1 Peter 2:1
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."
2 Peter 1:21 - "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
1 Peter 2:5
1 Peter 2:5
1 Peter 2:5
1 Peter 2:5
1 Peter 2:5
1 Peter 2:5
"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." - 2 Peter 1:20
1 Peter 2:21 - "For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:"
1 Peter 1:20 - "Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,"
John 21:20 - "Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?"
Mark 11:20-21 - "In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”"
2 Peter 2:9
2 Peter 2:9
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:"
2 Chronicles 20:21
1 Peter 2:17 - "Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king."
2 Peter 2:21 - "For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them."
John 21:2 - "There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples."
"For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." - 2 Peter 1:21
1 Peter 1:21 - "Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in 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
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."