<p>2:19 <i>For it is commendable if because of conscience toward God one endures grief - suffering unjustly- </i>For the sake of our conscience, we should endure persecution <i>after the pattern of Christ on the cross</i> (1 Pet. 2:19-22). He did not hang there fearing a bad conscience; it was his clear, sinless conscience before God which motivated him to endure. See on 1 Jn. 3:18. &quot;Commendable&quot; is <i>charis</i>, &quot;grace&quot; or &quot;gift&quot;. In this case, we could look upon unjust suffering as a gift. In the context of :18, the reference would be to slaves who refused to be obedient to their masters for the sake of their conscience toward God. Masters owned their slaves and used their bodies just as they wished; it would be understandable if Christian slaves refused to be obedient, and refused to accept that their minds and bodies belonged to an earthly master. For they knew they were God's slaves (:16).</p>