1 Peter 3:13-20

English Standard Version

¹³ Now ^(A)who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? ^14 (B)But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. ^(C)Have no fear of them, ^(D)nor be troubled, ¹⁵ but ^(E)in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, ^(F)always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and ^(G)respect, ^16 (H)having a good conscience, so that, ^(I)when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. ¹⁷ For ^(J)it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.

¹⁸ For Christ also ^(K)suffered^{[a] (L)}once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, ^(M)that he might bring us to God, being put to death ^(N)in the flesh but made alive ^(O)in the spirit, ¹⁹ in which^[b] he went and ^(P)proclaimed^[c] to the spirits in prison, ²⁰ because^[d] they formerly did not obey, ^(Q)when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, ^(R)while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, ^(S)eight persons, were brought safely through water.