'Deserving' in the Bible
You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?" They all condemned him as deserving death.
Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.
A third time he said to them, "Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him."
and as they were leaving they said to one another, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment."
If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
Those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as deserving of full respect. This will prevent the name of God and Christian teaching from being discredited.