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18 · ho Household servants oiketēs should be subject hypotassō to their ho masters despotēs with en all pas respect phobos, not ou only monon to the ho good agathos and kai kind epieikēs but alla also kai to the ho unjust skolios. 19 For gar this houtos is commendable charis, if ei because dia of conscience syneidēsis toward God theos someone tis endures hypopherō pain lypē while suffering paschō unjustly adikōs. 20 For gar what poios praise kleos is there if ei, when you do wrong hamartanō and kai are beaten kolaphizō for it, you endure hypomenō it? But alla if ei when you do good agathopoieō and kai suffer paschō for it you endure hypomenō it, this houtos is commendable charis in para God’ s theos sight. 21 For gar to eis this houtos you have been called kaleō, because hoti Christ Christos also kai suffered paschō for hyper you hymeis, leaving behind hypolimpanō for you hymeis an example hypogrammos so that hina you might follow epakoloutheō in ho his autos footsteps ichnos. 22 He hos did poieō not ou commit poieō sin hamartia, nor oude was deceit dolos found heuriskō in en · ho his autos mouth stoma. 23 When he hos was insulted loidoreō, he did not ou respond with an insult antiloidoreō; when he suffered paschō, he did not ou threaten apeileō, but de entrusted himself paradidōmi to the ho one who judges krinō justly dikaiōs. 24 He hos himself autos bore anapherō · ho our hēmeis sins hamartia in en · ho his autos body sōma on epi the ho tree xylon so that hina we zaō, having died apoginomai to ho sins hamartia, might live zaō to ho righteousness dikaiosynē. By ho his hos wounds mōlōps you were healed iaomai. 25 For gar you were eimi like hōs sheep probaton, going astray planaō, but alla now nyn you have turned back epistrephō to epi the ho shepherd poimēn and kai guardian episkopos of ho your hymeis souls psychē.

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18 (A)Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and (B)gentle, but also to those who are [a]harsh. 19 For this finds favor, if for the sake of (C)conscience toward God a person endures [b]grief 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 favor with God.

Christ Is Our Example

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:18 Or unscrupulous
  2. 1 Peter 2:19 Or pain
  3. 1 Peter 2:23 Lit who
  4. 1 Peter 2:24 Or offered...up
  5. 1 Peter 2:24 Lit wood; see Deut 21:23
  6. 1 Peter 2:24 Lit sins
  7. 1 Peter 2:24 Lit wound; or welt
  8. 1 Peter 2:25 Or Bishop, Overseer