2 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. 2 ¹⁹ For it is a fine Or: creditable. thing if a man endure the pain of undeserved suffering because God is in his thoughts. 2 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. 2 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. 2 ^{22 [ Is.53.9. ]} He committed no sin, he was convicted of no falsehood; 2 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. 2 ^{24 [ Is.53.4. ]} 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. 2 ^{25 [ Is.54.5. ]} 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.