11. Stop doing what is wrong, and do good. Look for peace, and do all you can to help people live peacefully.
12. The Lord watches over those who do what is right, and he listens to their prayers. But he is against those who do evil.” Psalm 34:12-16
13. If you are always trying to do good, no one can really harm you.
14. But you may suffer for doing right. If that happens, you have God’s blessing. “Don’t be afraid of the people who make you suffer; don’t be worried.”
15. But keep the Lord Christ holy in your hearts. Always be ready to answer everyone who asks you to explain about the hope you have.
16. But answer them in a gentle way with respect. Keep your conscience clear. Then people will see the good way you live as followers of Christ, and those who say bad things about you will be ashamed of what they said.
17. It is better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong. Yes, it is better if that is what God wants.
18. Christ himself suffered when he died for you, and with that one death he paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring all of you to God. In his physical form he was killed, but he was made alive by the Spirit.
19. And by the Spirit he went and preached to the spirits in prison.