1 Peter 3:16 WBT

¹⁴  But if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

¹⁵  But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.

¹⁶  Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good deportment in Christ.

¹⁷  For [it is] better, if the will of God is so, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing.

¹⁸  For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit: