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18 [a]Servants, be submissive to your masters with all [proper] respect, not only to those who are good and kind, but also to those who are unreasonable. 19 For this finds favor, if a person endures the sorrow of suffering unjustly because of an [b]awareness of [the will of] God. 20 After all, what kind of credit is there if, when you do wrong and are punished for it, you endure it patiently? But if when you do what is right and patiently bear [undeserved] suffering, this finds favor with God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:18 The Greek refers to household servants who may have been well-educated and managed the estate.
  2. 1 Peter 2:19 Lit conscience toward.

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