1 Peter
1 Peter 2:20
20How 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.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | ποῖον | poion | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G4169 of what sort |
| is it to your credit | κλέος | kleos | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G2811 glory, fame, praise |
| if | εἰ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| you are beaten | κολαφιζόμενοι | kolaphizomenoi | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural | G2852 I strike with the fist, maltreat |
| for doing wrong | ἁμαρτάνοντες | hamartanontes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G264 I sin |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| you endure | ὑπομενεῖτε | hypomeneite | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G5278 I remain behind, endure |
| But | ἀλλ’ | all’ | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| if | εἰ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| you suffer | πάσχοντες | paschontes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3958 I am acted upon, suffer |
| for doing good | ἀγαθοποιοῦντες | agathopoiountes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G15 I do that which is good |
| you endure | ὑπομενεῖτε | hypomeneite | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G5278 I remain behind, endure |
| this | τοῦτο | touto | Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| commendable | χάρις | charis | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G5485 grace, favor, kindness |
| before | παρὰ | para | Preposition | G3844 from, in the presence of |
| God | Θεῷ | Theō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Peter 2:19 · 1 Peter 3:17 · Matthew 5:10–12 · Luke 6:32 · 1 Peter 3:14 · 1 Peter 4:14–16 · Ephesians 5:10 · Matthew 5:47
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.