1 Peter 2:18-25

18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the perverse. 19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endureth grief, suffering wrongfully.1 20For what glory is it, if, when ye are buffeted for your faults, ye bear it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye bear it patiently, this is acceptable with God.2 21For even to this were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:3 22Who committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:4 24Who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.5 25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.