1 Peter 2:17-20

Williams(i) 17 Show honor to everyone. Practice love for the brotherhood; practice reverence to God and honor to the Emperor. 18 You house-servants must be submissive to your masters and show them perfect respect, not only to those who are kind and fair but also to those who are cruel. 19 For it is pleasing in the sight of God for one to bear his sorrows though suffering innocently. 20 For what credit is it to bear it patiently, if you do wrong and are beaten for it? But if you do right and patiently suffer for it, it is pleasing in the sight of God.