1 Peter 2:18-22

Submission to Authority

¹⁸ _w Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. ¹⁹ For this is a gracious thing, when, _x mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. ²⁰ For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But _y if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. ²¹ For _z to this you have been called, _y because Christ also suffered for you, _a leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. ²² _b He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

1. Cross References
   Ephesians 6:5
   Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ.
   Colossians 3:22
   Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
   1 Timothy 6:1
   Let all who are under a yoke as slaves regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.
   Titus 2:9
   Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Peter 3:14
   But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled.
   1 Peter 3:17
   For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
   1 Peter 4:16
   Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Peter 3:17 - 18
   For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
   1 Peter 4:13
   But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
   1 Peter 4:16
   Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Peter 3:9
   Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
   Acts 14:22
   Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Peter 2:20
   For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
   
6. Cross References
   Matthew 11:29
   Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
   
7. Cross References
   Isaiah 53:9
   And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.
   2 Corinthians 5:21
   For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
   Hebrews 4:15
   For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
   1 John 3:5
   You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.