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The True Test of Patience
Commentators unanimously explain that there is no special honor or "glory" in patiently accepting punishment for something you did wrong; that is simply what's expected. The true, God-pleasing test of character is when you do what is right and still suffer for it, yet you endure that unjust suffering with patience.
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1 Peter
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Peter 2:20
18th Century
Theologian
For what glory is it? What honor or credit would it be?
If, when you are buffeted for your faults. This means, if you are …
AT Robertson
On 1 Peter 2:20
For what glory (ποιον γαρ κλεος). Qualitative interrogative (what kind of glory). "What price glory?" Κλεος is old word from κλεω …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Peter 2:20
19th Century
Bishop
For what glory is it.—A poetical and pagan-sounding word, not elsewhere found in the New Testament; in the Old Testament it corresponds to…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Peter 2:18–20
19th Century
Preacher
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Peter 2:20
To endure a well-deserved “beating” (lit., “strike with the fist”; cf. Mark 14:65) is nothing extraordinary. However, it is “commendable…
John Gill
On 1 Peter 2:20
17th Century
Pastor
For what glory is it, if, when you are buffeted for your
faults
Which you have commit…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Peter 2:18–25
17th Century
Minister
Servants in those days were generally slaves and had heathen masters, who often treated them cruelly; yet the apostle directs them to be subject to…