1 Peter 2:20 Cross References - Noyes

²⁰ For what glory is it, if, when ye are beaten for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently [it is glory]; for this is acceptable with God.

¹⁰ Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ Blessed are ye, when men revile you, and persecute you, and say every thing that is bad against you, falsely, for my sake. ¹² Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven; for so did they persecute the prophets that were before you.

⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excelleth? Do not even the heathen the same?

⁶⁷ Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and some smote him with the palms of their hands,

⁶⁵ And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and buffet him, and say to him, Prophesy! And the officers, with blows, took him in charge.

³² And if ye love those who love you, what thanks do ye deserve? for sinners also love those who love them.

¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, wellpleasing to God, which is your spiritual worship; ² and be not conformed to the fashion of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that ye may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect.

¹¹ Even to this very hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace,

¹⁰ proving what is acceptable to the Lord;

¹⁸ But I have all, and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus what was sent from you, a sweet odor, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

¹⁹ For this is acceptable, if any one on account of a sense of duty to God endureth hardships, suffering wrongfully.

¹⁴ But if ye even suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. And be not afraid at their terrors, nor alarmed;

¹⁷ For it is better, if it be the will of God, that ye suffer for welldoing, than for evildoing.

¹⁴ If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. ¹⁵ For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a busybody in other mens matters; ¹⁶ but if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.