20 For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.
20 For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bearD9254 [it]? but if, doing goodD9255 and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable with God.
bear - Hupomeno, 'endure patiently.' see 2Tim. 2.12; Jas. 5.7 (Note). good - Not only 'good' in the sense of 'right,' but 'beneficent.' I think his mind goes beyond the servants to doing good generally as Christians.
20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be 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] acceptableK7264with God.
acceptable: Or, thank.
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