Thankworthy adj. Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious. "For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully."
... your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully."—1 Peter ii. ... — Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; • William Gannaway Brownlow