...embracing suffering, but in that suffering He is present in an ever-deepening way. For this is thankworthy if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering...ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. -1 Peter 2: 19, 20 KJV All my life I've been a runner, running from difficult situations rather than...

...and twenty explain Peter's line of reasoning here. He says in those verses, For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering...ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. Unjust suffering makes a believer more conscious of God. We bear up under the cruelty of it by trusting...

...For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20, For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for...ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21, For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us ......... an...

...sisters in Christ, and it is a testimony of our hope in Christ to the world. II Peter 2:20 admonishes us, "For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for...ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God." James 5:10 tells us, "Take, my bretheren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for...

...doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. • 1 Peter 2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for...suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable (pleasing) with God. Why persist in prayer? I believe Jesus told us to persist. The following verse...

...patiently. This is my calling, and this is your calling. This is the calling of every believer in Christ. but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take...called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: — 1 Peter 2:20b, 21 The Word of God reveals to us the...

...For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for...ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example,...