1 Peter 2:18-25

Murdock(i) 18 And those among you who are servants, be subject to your masters, with reverence; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh and morose. 19 For there is favor before God for them who, for the sake of a good conscience, endure sorrows that come upon them wrongfully. 20 But they who endure afflictions on account of their offences, what praise have they? But if, when ye do well, they vex you, and ye endure it; then great is your praise with God. 21 For unto this were ye called; because the Messiah also died for us, and left us this pattern, that ye should walk in his steps. 22 He did no sin; neither was guile found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, be reviled not; and he suffered and threatened not, but committed his cause to the Judge of righteousness. 24 And he took away all our sins, and, in his body, lifted them to the cross; that we, when dead to sin, might live by his righteousness: for by his wounds, ye are healed. 25 For ye, once went astray, like sheep; but ye have now returned to the Shepherd and Curator of your souls.