 1 PET. ii. 19, 20: .For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 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,...  A new self-interpreting Testament, containing thousands of various readings ... - Page 57edited by - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Robert Hanson - 2006 - 258 pages
...patiently" to stress the need of a positive response. The positive response is what is acceptable to God, For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward...is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye take it patiently? But if you do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable... | |
 | Lambert C. Nwoke - Religion - 2006 - 178 pages
...will be no blessings that will follow thereafter. See what the Bible says in the book of first Peter: "For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently?" (1 Peter 2:20). In this verse, you are to take any persecution resulting from your wrong doing patiently... | |
 | Robert R. Mathisen - United States - 2006 - 821 pages
...fearing God;" "not only the good and gentle, but also the froward:" "For what glory is it if when ye are 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 of God." St. Paul actually apprehended a runaway slave,... | |
 | Clifton Jones - Religion - 2006 - 174 pages
...suffering, and since His plan is well put together, when things go His way we are made more like Him. "For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if,... | |
 | Richard G. Williamson - 2006 - 277 pages
...pleasantness of harmony and fellowship. God's grace also will help us know when not to talk. Peter writes, For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. (1 Peter 2:19). It is an evidence of God's grace in our lives when we are willing to suffer for doing... | |
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