1 Peter 2:18-25
New American Standard Bible
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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- 1 Peter 2:18 Or unscrupulous
- 1 Peter 2:19 Or pain
- 1 Peter 2:23 Lit who
- 1 Peter 2:24 Or offered...up
- 1 Peter 2:24 Lit wood; see Deut 21:23
- 1 Peter 2:24 Lit sins
- 1 Peter 2:24 Lit wound; or welt
- 1 Peter 2:25 Or Bishop, Overseer
1 Peter 2:18-25
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Be Subject To Your Masters, Whether Good Or Bad, Following Christ’s Example
18 ... servants, being subject to your masters with all fear[a], not only to the good and kind ones, but also to the crooked[b] ones. 19 For this finds favor— if for the sake of a consciousness[c] of God one bears-up[d] while suffering sorrows unjustly. 20 For what-kind-of credit[e] is it if while sinning and being beaten, you will endure? But if while doing-good and suffering you will endure, this finds favor with God. 21 For you were called to this[f]. Because Christ also suffered for you, leaving-behind a pattern for you in order that you might follow-after His footsteps—
Christ Suffered Unjustly, Entrusting Himself To God
22 ... Who “did not commit sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth” [Isa 53:9]; 23 Who while being reviled, was not reviling-in-return; while suffering, was not threatening, but was committing Himself [g] to the One judging righteously; 24 Who Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross in order that we, having died[h] to sins, might live for righteousness; by Whose bruise you were healed. 25 For you were going-astray like sheep, but now you returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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- 1 Peter 2:18 That is, with all respect; or, in all reverence of God.
- 1 Peter 2:18 Or, dishonest, unscrupulous. That is, toward you, v 19.
- 1 Peter 2:19 Or, conscience toward God.
- 1 Peter 2:19 Or, endures.
- 1 Peter 2:20 Or, fame, glory.
- 1 Peter 2:21 That is, to bear up under unjust suffering for Christ.
- 1 Peter 2:23 Or, them, it.
- 1 Peter 2:24 Or, being dead.
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