20. If you are punished for doing wrong, there is no reason to praise you for bearing punishment. But if you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then that pleases God.
21. That is what you were called to do. Christ suffered for you. He gave you an example to follow. So you should do as he did.
22. “He did no sin.He never lied.” Isaiah 53:9
23. People insulted Christ, but he did not insult them in return. Christ suffered, but he did not threaten. He let God take care of him. God is the One who judges rightly.
24. Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and start living for what is right. And we are healed because of his wounds.
25. You were like sheep that went the wrong way. But now you have come back to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.