1 Peter 2:16-21
English Standard Version
16 (A)Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but (B)living as servants[a] of God. 17 (C)Honor everyone. (D)Love the brotherhood. (E)Fear God. Honor the emperor.
18 (F)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, (G)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 (H)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 21 For (I)to this you have been called, (J)because Christ also suffered for you, (K)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
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- 1 Peter 2:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
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