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1Pe 2:19. Χάρις [“thank-worthy”], favour) with God: 1Pe 2:20.-διὰ συνείδησιν Θεοῦ, for conscience toward God) On account of the consciousness of a mind which does things good and pleasing to God, even though they please no man (let the force of κλέος, which presently follows, be considered).[18]-ἀδίκως, unjustly) that is, suffering those things, which are unjustly inflicted. חנם, ἀδίκως, Septuagint, Pro 1:11; Pro 1:17.
[18] When a just man is not approved of by men, though doing what is good, and when he does not acquire, either before or afterwards, either their assent, support, or the intimation of a grateful mind, nay, rather experiences everything of an opposite kind, he may possibly be affected with no small chagrin and sorrow. But, if his conscience can only have God propitious, nothing but an unmixed feeling of delight remains.-V. g.