TO THIS YOU WERE CALLED

 

19 For it is Commendable

If someone Bears Up under the Pain

Of Unjust Suffering

Because they are Conscious of God.

20 But how is it to your Credit

If you receive a beating for Doing Wrong

And Endure it?

But if you Suffer for Doing Good

And you Endure it,

This is Commendable before God.

21 TO THIS YOU WERE CALLED,

Because Christ Suffered for you,

Leaving you an Example,

That you should Follow in His Steps.

22 ”He committed No Sin,

And No Deceit was Found in His mouth.”

23 When they Hurled their Insults at Him,

He did not Retaliate,

When He Suffered, He made no Threats.

Instead, He Entrusted Himself

To Him Who Judges Justly.

24 “He Himself Bore our Sins”

In His Body on the Cross,

So that we might Die to Sins

And Live for Righteousness;

“By His Wounds you have been Healed.”

25 For you were like Sheep going Astray,

But now you have Returned

To the Shepherd and Overseer of your Souls.

(1 Peter 2:19-25, NIV)