1 Peter 2:17-21

English Standard Version

^17 (A)Honor everyone. ^(B)Love the brotherhood. ^(C)Fear God. Honor the emperor.

^18 (D)Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. ¹⁹ For this is a gracious thing, when, ^(E)mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. ²⁰ For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But ^(F)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. ²¹ For ^(G)to this you have been called, ^(H)because Christ also suffered for you, ^(I)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.