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18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
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Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.
19 For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.
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For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.
20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
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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.
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