DB1 | The Example of Christ's Suffering 1Pe.2.18-25 | NEB Contents | notes| 2 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 18 | Servants, accept the authority of your masters with all due submission, not only when they are kind and considerate, but even when they are perverse. | The Example of Christ's Suffering 1Pe.2.18-25 | Οἱ οἰκέται ὑποτασσόμενοι ἐν παντὶ φόβῳ τοῖς δεσπόταις, οὐ μόνον τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ ἐπιεικέσιν ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς σκολιοῖς. |
| 19 | For it is a fine Or: creditable. thing if a man endure the pain of undeserved suffering because God is in his thoughts. | τοῦτο γὰρ χάρις εἰ διὰ συνείδησιν θεοῦ ὑποφέρει τις λύπας πάσχων ἀδίκως. | |
| 20 | What credit is there in fortitude when you have done wrong and are beaten for it? But when you have behaved well and suffer for it, your fortitude is a fine thing Or: is creditable. in the sight of God. | ποῖον γὰρ κλέος εἰ ἀμαρτάνοντες καὶ κολαφιζόμενοι ὑπομενεῖτὲ ἀλλ' εἰ ἀγαθοποιοῦντες καὶ πάσχοντες ὑπομενεῖτε, τοῦτο χάρις παρὰ θεῷ. | |
| 21 | To that you were called, because Christ suffered Some witnesses read: died. on your behalf, and thereby left you an example; it is for you to follow in his steps. | εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ ἐκλήθητε, ὅτι καὶ Χριστὸς ἐπαθεν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, ὑμῖν ὑπολιμπάνων ὑπογραμμὸν ἵνα ἐπακολουθήσητε τοῖς ἰχνεσιν αὐτοῦ· | |
| 22 | He committed no sin, he was convicted of no falsehood; | - He committed no sin 1Pe.2.22 | Is.53.9 | ὃς ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ· |
| 23 | when he was abused he did not retort with abuse, when he suffered he uttered no threats, but committed his cause to the One who judges justly. | ὃς λοιδορούμενος οὐκ ἀντελοιδόρει, πάσχων οὐκ ἠπείλει, παρεδίδου δὲ τῷ κρίνοντι δικαίως· | |
| 24 | In his own person he carried our sins to Or: on. the gibbet, so that we might cease to live for sin and begin to live for righteousness. | - He himself bore our sins in his body 1Pe.2.24 | Is.53.4 | ὃς τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν αὐτὸς ἀνήνεγκεν ἐν τῷ σώματι αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον, ἵνα ταῖς ἀμαρτίαις ἀπογενόμενοι τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ ζήσωμεν· οὗ τῷ μώλωπι ἰάθητε. |
| 25 | By his wounds you have been healed. You were straying like sheep, but now you have turned towards the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls. | - For you were straying like sheep 1Pe.2.25 | Is.54.5 | ἦτε γὰρ ὡς πρόβατα πλανώμενοι, ἀλλὰ ἐπεστράφητε νῦν ἐπὶ τὸν ποιμένα καὶ ἐπίσκοπον τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν. |