Teks -- 1 Peter 2:20 (NET)

2:20 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.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: 1Pe 2:20 - For what glory

For what glory ( poion gar kleos ).

Qualitative interrogative (what kind of glory). "What price glory?"Kleos is old word from kleō (kaleō , to call), report, praise, glory, here only in N.T.

Robertson: 1Pe 2:20 - If ye shall take it patiently

If ye shall take it patiently ( ei hupomeneite ).

First-class condition with ei and future active indicative of hupomenō , for which see Jam 1:12. Same condition also in next sentence (all' ei , etc.).

Robertson: 1Pe 2:20 - When ye sin

When ye sin ( hamartanontes ).

Present active participle of hamartanō (continued repetition).

Robertson: 1Pe 2:20 - And are buffeted for it

And are buffeted for it ( kai kolaphizomenoi ).

Present passive participle of kolaphizō , late word (from kolaphos fist), only in N.T. (cf. Mat 26:67) and ecclesiastical writers. Repeated action again. No posing as a martyr allowed here. Christians do sometimes deserve persecution, as Jesus implied (Mat 5:10-12).

Robertson: 1Pe 2:20 - When ye do well

When ye do well ( agathopoiountes ).

Present active participle of agathopoieō as in 1Pe 2:15.

Robertson: 1Pe 2:20 - And suffer for it

And suffer for it ( kai paschontes ).

Present active participle of paschō (1Pe 2:19). No "for it"in the Greek here or in the previous sentence.

Robertson: 1Pe 2:20 - This is acceptable with God

This is acceptable with God ( touto charis para theōi ).

"This thing (neuter) is thanks (1Pe 2:19) by the side of (para ) God (as God looks at it)."

Vincent: 1Pe 2:20 - What glory

What glory ( ποῖον κλέος )

Lit., what kind of glory. This word for glory occurs nowhere else in the New Testament.

Vincent: 1Pe 2:20 - Buffeted

Buffeted ( κολαφιζόμενοι )

See Mat 26:67 : struck with the fist. This whole passage, 1Pe 2:19-24, bears the mark of Peter's memories of the scene of Christ's last sufferings (see Introduction) - the blows of the servants, the scorn of the high-priest, the silent submission of Jesus, the cross, the stripes.

JFB: 1Pe 2:20 - what

Greek, "what kind of."

JFB: 1Pe 2:20 - glory

What peculiar merit.

JFB: 1Pe 2:20 - buffeted

The punishment of slaves, and suddenly inflicted [BENGEL].

JFB: 1Pe 2:20 - this is

Some oldest manuscripts read, "for." Then the translation is, "But if when . . . ye take it patiently (it is a glory), for this is acceptable."

JFB: 1Pe 2:20 - acceptable

Greek, "thankworthy," as in 1Pe 2:19.

Clarke: 1Pe 2:20 - For what glory is it

For what glory is it - It appears from this that the poor Christians, and especially those who had been converted to Christianity while in a state of slavery, were often grievously abused, they were buffeted because they were Christians, and because they would not join with their masters in idolatrous worship.

Calvin: 1Pe 2:20 - NO PHRASE

It is not, however, an assertion without its difficulty, when he says, that there is nothing praiseworthy in him who is justly punished; for, when the Lord punishes our sins, patience is certainly a sacrifice of sweet odour to him, that is, when we bear with a submissive mind our punishment. But to this I reply, that Peter does not here speak simply but comparatively; for it is a small and slender praise to bear with submission a just punishment, in comparison with that of an innocent man, who willingly bears the wrongs of men, only because he fears God. At the same time he seems indirectly to refer to the motive; because they who suffer punishment for their faults, are influenced by the fear of men. But the reply already given is sufficient.

TSK: 1Pe 2:20 - For // buffeted // when // this // acceptable

For : 1Pe 3:14, 1Pe 4:14-16; Mat 5:47

buffeted : Mat 26:67; Mar 14:65; 1Co 4:11

when : 1Pe 2:19

this : Mat 5:10-12; Rom 12:1, Rom 12:2; Eph 5:10; Phi 4:18

acceptable : or, thank, 1Pe 2:19; Luk 6:32

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: 1Pe 2:20 - For what glory is it? // This is acceptable with God

For what glory is it? What praise or glory do you get by it? Or, what great matter do you do? This interrogation hath the force of negation, but is to be understood comparatively; it is worthy of praise to suffer patiently, even when men suffer justly, but worthy of little in comparison of suffering patiently when unjustly.

This is acceptable with God: this shows what is meant by thank-worthy, 1Pe 2:19 ; and the apostle adds what kind of thanks or praise he intends, viz. not that which is of man, (which many times may fail, even when men patiently suffer injuries), but that which is of God, to which believers should especially have respect.

Gill: 1Pe 2:20 - 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 acceptable with God

For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults,.... Which ye have committed, and are guilty of, and are truly such:

ye shall take it patiently? to be silent, and not murmur when beaten, within measure, for real faults, is no great honour, nor does it deserve any praise; it is the least that can be done:

but if, when ye do well; either in their master's service, or rather in the business of religion, and the things of God; as when what they do is according to the will of God, and from love to him, and in faith, and in the name and strength of Christ, and to the glory of God; without all which there is no well doing:

and suffer for it; reproach and persecution, by words or blows, in person or property:

ye take it patiently; without grieving and repining, or answering again, and making any returns:

this is acceptable with God; is agreeably to his will, and grateful in his sight, what he is well pleased with, is reckoned grace with him; and though it is his own grace, and of his own bestowing, he will reward it with glory.