Through My Bible Yr 01 – June 20
1 Peter 2:18-25
1 Peter 2
Slaves and Masters
18Ā Slaves, submit to your masters with total respect, not only to those who are good and kind but also to those who are harsh. 19Ā For this is favorable: [1] if a person endures sorrows while suffering unjustly because he is conscious of God. 20Ā For what credit is it to you if you receive a beating for sinning and patiently endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and endure it, this is favorable with God.
21Ā Indeed, you were called to do this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you [2] an example so that you would follow in his steps. 22Ā He did not commit a sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth. 23Ā When he was insulted, he did not insult in return. When he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24Ā He himself carried our sins in his body on the tree so that we would be dead to sins and alive to righteousness. By his wounds you were healed. 25Ā For you were like sheep going astray, but you are now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:19 A few witnesses to the text add in Godās sight.
- 1 Peter 2:21 A few witnesses to the text read for us, leaving us.
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