suffering (2:21; hypogrammon; NRSV, “example”; cf. 4:1). Proper, or righteous, suffering is that which is unmerited and thus unjust (2:19–20, 22; 3:14, 17–18), and the proper response to such suffering is non-retaliation and even blessing toward the perpetrators (2:23; 3:9), as well as trust in God (2:23).
