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1 Peter 2

1 Peter 2:20

Submission to Authorities · 1 Peter 2:13–20
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Translations

Modern
How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
Traditional
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.
Literal
For what kind of renown is it if sinning and being battered, you shall endure? But if doing good and suffering, you shall endure, this is grace with God.
Latin
Quæ enim est gloria, si peccantes, et colaphizati suffertis? sed si bene facientes patienter sustinetis, hæc est gratia apud Deum.

Original

Greek
English
How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

Notes

1 Peter 2:18–20

A slave was legally bound to a master and could not change his or her situation. In contrast, a modern employee has the right to stop working for an employer who is cruel. Some employees, however, may not be able to leave their jobs. In those cases, Peter’s advice to slaves can also apply to employees today.

1 Peter 2:13–3:7

This section focuses on the key instruction to submit to all human authority. Peter applies this instruction to several relationships:

  • Christians should accept the authority of those in government (2:13–17).

  • Christian slaves should accept the authority of their masters (2:18–25).

  • Christian wives should accept the authority of their husbands (3:1–6).

Peter appears to follow an early Christian use of the traditional household code. This code gave a series of instructions for different members of a household. Similar examples appear in Ephesians 5:21–6:9, Colossians 3:18–4:1, 1 Timothy 5:1–6:2, and Titus 2:1–10.

Parallels

Romans 13:1–7

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Peter, First Letter of

Topics

Afflicted Saints: should be Patient Afflictions and Adversities: Resignation In Afflictions Made Beneficial in Exercising Our Patience Authority Commandments: Other Apostles: Precepts of, Explicitly Stated or Implied in Didactic Epistles Employers Example: Good Meekness: General Scriptures Concerning Not Fitting In Patience: General Scriptures Concerning Patience: Suffering With, for Well-Doing, is Acceptable with God Servant: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Servants: when Patient Under Injury are Acceptable to God