1 Pet. 2:19-20--
For it is commendable if someone bears up (hypoPHERei) under the pain of unjust suffering (PAScho-n aDIkos) because they are conscious of God.
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But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure (hypomeNEIte) it? But if you suffer for doing good (agathopoiOUNtes) and you endure (hypomeNEIte) it, this is commendable (CHAris) before God. (NIV)
Alt.:--Maybe a person is punished when he has done nothing wrong. If he takes these troubles to please God, he does a very good thing. What praise will you have if you take a beating when you have done something wrong? But when you do right and are punished, if you take it quietly, God is pleased. (WENT)
Alt.:--For it is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval. (NRSV)
Alt.:--A man does something valuable when he endures pain, as in the sight of God, though he knows he is suffering unjustly. After all, it is no credit to you if you are patient in bearing a punishment which you have richly deserved! But if you do your duty and are punished for it and can still accept it patiently, you are doing something worthwhile in God’s sight. (Phillips)
Alt.:--For one is regarded favorably (is approved, acceptable, and thankworthy) if, as in the sight of God, he endures the pain of unjust suffering. [After all] what kind of glory [is there in it] if, when you do wrong and are punished for it, you take it patiently? But if you bear patiently with suffering [which results] when you do right and that is undeserved, it is acceptable and pleasing to God. (AMP)
Alt.:--For this is due to grace, if a man for conscience toward God endures grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it if, when ye are buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is due to grace from God.
Alt.:--if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. (ESV)