A moment in scripture
1 Peter 2:20
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
- 1 Peter 2:19
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
- 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 2:22
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.