1Pet 2:20 Cross References

1 Peter 2:20

20: Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing right and are patient beneath the blows, God is pleased with you.

1 Peter 2:19

  1. For God is pleased with you when, for the sake of your conscience, you patiently endure unfair treatment.

1 Peter 3:17

  1. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!

Philippians 4:18

  1. At the moment I have all I need--more than I need! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable to God and pleases him.

Luke 6:32

  1. "Do you think you deserve credit merely for loving those who love you? Even the sinners do that!

Mark 14:65

  1. Then some of them began to spit at him, and they blindfolded him and hit his face with their fists. "Who hit you that time, you prophet?" they jeered. And even the guards were hitting him as they led him away.

1 Corinthians 4:11

  1. To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, without enough clothes to keep us warm. We have endured many beatings, and we have no homes of our own.

Ephesians 5:10

  1. Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.

Matthew 5:10

  1. God blesses those who are persecuted because they live for God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
  2. "God blesses you when you are mocked and persecuted and lied about because you are my followers.
  3. Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted, too.

Matthew 5:47

  1. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.

1 Peter 4:14

  1. Be happy if you are insulted for being a Christian, for then the glorious Spirit of God will come upon you.
  2. If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people's affairs.
  3. But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his wonderful name!

Matthew 26:67

  1. Then they spit in Jesus' face and hit him with their fists. And some slapped him,

1 Peter 3:14

  1. But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don't be afraid and don't worry.

Romans 12:1

  1. And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?
  2. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.
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