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13 ) And who is he that will harm you, if all of you be followers of that which is good?
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14 ) But and if all of you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are all of you: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled,
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15 ) But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
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16 ) Having a good conscience, that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
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17 ) For it is better, if the will of God be so, that all of you suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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18 ) For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: