But what praise is due, if, when you commit faults and are buffeted, you bear it patiently? Yet if, when you do well, and suffer, you bear it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

Nevertheless, although you even suffer for righteousness' sake, you are happy. Therefore, do not fear their fear, neither be troubled:

For it is better to suffer as well doers, if the will of God appoints it, than as evil doers.

By them, indeed, he is evil spoken of, but by you he is glorified. Wherefore, let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a malefactor, or as a meddling person.

However, if any one suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him even glorify God on that account.

Wherefore, then, let those who suffer by the will of God, commit their own lives to him in well doing, as a faithful Creator.