1 Peter 2:20

“For what credit is there if, when you sin and are beaten, you endure it? But if when you do good and suffer you endure it, this is grace before God.”

1 Peter 2:20 · direct translation from the Greek
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1 Peter 2:20, word by word

whatποῖονpoion

what kind of?

Which? what kind of?

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credit is thereκλέοςkleos

credit, fame

Credit, good report, fame.

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when you sinἁμαρτάνοντεςhamartanontes

sin

Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.

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are beatenκολαφιζόμενοιkolaphizomenoi

beat with fists

Punch, beat with the fist.

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you endure itὑπομενεῖτεhypomeneite

endure

To hold firm through trials without giving up.

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when you do goodἀγαθοποιοῦντεςagathopoiountes

do good

To do good.

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sufferπάσχοντεςpaschontes

suffer

Suffer, undergo.

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graceχάριςcharis

grace

A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.

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Godθεῷtheōi

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

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The context

19For this is grace, if because of conscience toward God someone endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

20 · This verse (above)

21For to this you were called, because the Messiah also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps,

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