1 Peter 2:19 Cross References - Anderson

¹⁹ For this is praiseworthy, if any one, on account of conscience to ward God, endure sorrows, suffering unjustly.

¹⁰ Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ Blessed are you, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account. ¹² Rejoice, and leap for joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

³² And if you love them that love you, what thanks have you? for even sinners love those who love them.

²¹ But all these things they will do to you on my account, because they know not him that sent me.

²³ When he had come, and had seen the grace of God, he rejoiced; and he exhorted them all to remain, with purpose of heart, faithful to the Lord.

⁵ Wherefore, it is necessary to be subject, not only because of punishment, but also for conscience sake.

¹⁰ But, by the grace of God, I am what I am; and his grace, which was bestowed on me, has not been bestowed in vain: but I have labored more abundantly than they all; not I, how ever, but the grace of God which was with me.

¹² For the ground of our rejoicing is this: the testimony of our conscience that we have lived in the world more abundantly, indeed, for you in sincerity and godly purity, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God.

¹ We make known to you, brethren, God's gracious gift, which has been given in the churches of Macedonia;

¹² for which cause I also suffer these things; yet I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have intrusted to him till that day.

²⁰ For what praise is due, if, when you are punished for your faults, you endure it patiently? But if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you endure it patiently, this is praiseworthy in the- sight of God.

¹⁴ But yet, if you even suffer for righteousness, happy are you. Yet fear not their terror, nor be troubled: ¹⁵ but reverence the Lord God in your hearts, and be always ready to answer every one that asks of you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; ¹⁶ having a good conscience, that, inasmuch as they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who traduce your good con duct in Christ. ¹⁷ For it is better, if such be the will of God, that you suffer for doing good, than for doing evil.