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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.” (A)

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.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:14 Quote from Isa. 8:12.

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