^18 (A)Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and ^(B)gentle, but also to those who are ^[a]unreasonable. ¹⁹ For this finds ^[b]favor, if for the sake of ^(C)conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. ²⁰ For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if ^(D)when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds ^[c]favor with God.

Christ Is Our Example

²¹ For ^(E)you have been called for this purpose, ^(F)since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you ^(G)an example for you to follow in His steps, ²² who ^(H)committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; ^23 [d]and while being ^(I)reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; ²⁴ and He Himself ^[e](J)bore our sins in His body on the ^[f](K)cross, so that we ^(L)might die to ^[g]sin and live to righteousness; for ^(M)by His ^[h]wounds you were ^(N)healed. ²⁵ For you were ^(O)continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the ^(P)Shepherd and ^[i]Guardian of your souls.