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For this is acceptable (touto gar charis). “For this thing (neuter singular touto, obedience to crooked masters) is grace” (charis is feminine, here “thanks” as in Rom 7:25). “Acceptable” calls for euprosdekton (1Pe 2:5), which is not the text here.
If a man endureth griefs (ei huopherei tis lupas). Condition of first class with ei and present active indicative of hupopherō, old verb, to bear up under, in N.T. only here, 1Co 10:13; 2Ti 3:11. Note plural of lupē (grief).
For conscience toward God (dia suneidēsin theou). Suffering is not a blessing in and of itself, but, if one’s duty to God is involved (Act 4:20), then one can meet it with gladness of heart. Theou (God) is objective genitive. For suneidēsis (conscience) see note on Act 23:1; and see note on 1Co 8:7. It occurs again in 1Pe 3:16.
Suffering wrongfully (paschōn adikōs). Present active participle of paschō and the common adverb adikōs, unjustly, here alone in N.T. This is the whole point, made clear already by Jesus in Mat 5:10-12, where Jesus has also “falsely” (pseudomenoi). See also Luk 6:32-34.