1 Peter 2:19-23

Goodspeed(i) 19 For God approves a man if from a sense of duty he endures suffering unjustly inflicted— 20 for what credit is there in your enduring being beaten for doing wrong? But if you endure suffering for doing what is right, you have God's approval. 21 That is the life to which you have been called, for Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow his footsteps. 22 He committed no sin, and deceit was never on his lips. 23 He was abused but he did not retort. He suffered but he did not threaten, but committed his case to him who judges justly.