ECB(i)
14 But and if you suffer for sake of justness, Blessed! And neither awestricken by their awesomeness nor be troubled;
15 but hallow Yah Veh Elohim * in your hearts, ever prepared to plead to everyone who asks you a word concerning the hope in you with meekness and awe: *some mss: Adonay Messiah
16 having a good conscience; so that they who slander you as evildoers, who threaten your good behavior in Messiah, shame.
17 For it is better, if Elohim thus wills, that you suffer for doing good, than for doing evil: