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For what glory is it, if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
For what glory (ποιον γαρ κλεος). Qualitative interrogative (what kind of glory). "What price glory?" Κλεος is old word from κλεω …
19th Century
Anglican
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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Baptist
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…
To endure a well-deserved “beating” (lit., “strike with the fist”; cf. Mark 14:65) is nothing extraordinary. However, it is “commendable…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For what glory is it, if, when you are buffeted for your faults Which you have commit…
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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…
