1 Peter 3:17
“For it is better, if the will of God be so, that yee suffer for well doing, then for euill doing.”
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1 Peter 3:17 Context
15But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts, & be ready alwayes to giue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekenesse and feare: 16Hauing a good conscience, that whereas they speake euill of you, as of euill doers, they may bee ashamed that falsly accuse your good conuersation in Christ. 17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that yee suffer for well doing, then for euill doing. 18For Christ also hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust, that he might bring vs to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 19By which also he went and preached vnto the spirits in prison,
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Other Translations for 1 Peter 3:17
For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
- King James Version
For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.
- Basic English Bible
For [it is] better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;
- Darby Bible
For it is better, if the will of God is so, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing.
- Webster's Bible
For it is better that you should suffer for doing right, if such be God's will, than for doing evil;
- Weymouth Bible
For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
- World English Bible
For it is betere that ye do wel, and suffre, if the wille of God wole, than doynge yuele.
- Wycliffe Bible
for [it is] better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Peter 3:17
3:17 It is infinitely better, if it be the will of God, ye should suffer. His permissive will appears from his providence.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Peter 3:17
1Pe 3:17 For [it is] better, if the will of God is so. If God wills that we should suffer, for the Father sometimes chasteneth children (Heb 12:6,7). It is better to suffer for well doing, than for evil doing, for righteousness, than for evil. See 2Ti 3:12.