<p>2:20 <i>For what glory is it, if, when you sin and are beaten</i><i>, you shall take it patiently?</i><i>- </i>The reference is to Christian slaves being beaten by their masters (:18). &ldquo;Beaten&rdquo; is the s.w. in Mt. 26:67 about Christ being struck with a fist- something Peter would have probably watched out of the corner of his eye from where he was.</p><p><i>But if when you do well, and suffer, you shall take it patiently</i><i>- </i>By a slave refusing to obey the master's commands to do sinful things. See on :19.</p><p><i>This is acceptable with God</i>- The parallel is with the reference to &quot;glory&quot; in the first half of the verse. Those who refused to be obedient to their master's sinful demands will be praised for this in glory when they are accepted at the last day with God. Those slaves would be glorified for their quiet words of refusal in a villa in southern Turkey, and their endurance of a beating for it in the garden shed...</p>