1 Peter 2:17-20

1 Peter 2:17-20. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

This is a correction of what we often hear a slandered person say. "So-and-so has been spreading an evil report against me, and I am in bad odour. I should not have minded it if it had been true, but I cannot bear the slander as it is false." My dear friend, you ought not to mind it if it is not true; but "when ye do well, and suffer for it," there is then an acceptableness with God if ye take it patiently.