¹⁶ yet with humility and reverence—keeping a clear conscience so that, whatever you are accused of, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Messiah may be put to shame. ¹⁷ For it is better to suffer for doing good (if it is God’s will) than for doing evil.

¹⁸ For Messiah once suffered for sins also—the righteous for the unrighteous^[a]—in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Ruach.