^18 (A)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, ^(B)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 ^(C)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. ²¹ For ^(D)to this you have been called, ^(E)because Christ also suffered for you, ^(F)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. ^22 (G)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. ^23 (H)When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, ^(I)but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. ^24 (J)He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we ^(K)might die to sin and ^(L)live to righteousness. ^(M)By his wounds you have been healed. ²⁵ For ^(N)you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to ^(O)the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.