²⁰ But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.^(A)

¹⁹ For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.^(A)

¹⁷ For it is better, if it is God’s will,^(A) to suffer for doing good^(B) than for doing evil.

¹⁴ But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.^(A) “Do not fear their threats^[a]; do not be frightened.”^[b](B)

³² “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?^(A) Even sinners love those who love them.