²⁰ For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But ^(A)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

¹⁹ For this is a gracious thing, when, ^(A)mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

¹⁷ For ^(A)it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.

^14 (A)But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. ^(B)Have no fear of them, ^(C)nor be troubled,

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

⁴⁷ And if you greet only your brothers,^[a] what more are you doing than others? Do not even ^(A)the Gentiles do the same?

^14 (A)If you are insulted ^(B)for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory^[a] and of God rests upon you. ¹⁵ But ^(C)let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or ^(D)as a meddler. ¹⁶ Yet ^(E)if anyone suffers as a ^(F)Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God ^(G)in that name.

¹¹ To the present hour ^(A)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^(B)buffeted and ^(C)homeless,

^65 (A)And some began ^(B)to spit on him and ^(C)to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him ^(D)with blows.