Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Better (kreitton). Comparative of kratuv as in II Peter 2:21; Hebrews 1:4. Patient endurance not only silences calumny (verse I Peter 3:16), is Christlike (verse I Peter 3:18), but it has a value of its own (verse I Peter 3:17).
If the will of God should so will (ei qeloi to qelhma tou qeou). Condition of the fourth class again (ei—qeloi) with ei and the optative. For a like pleonasm see John 7:17.
For well-doing than for evil-doing (agaqopoiountav h kakopoiountav). Accusative plural agreeing with umav understood (accusative of general reference with the infinitive pasxein (to suffer) of the participles from agaqopoiew (see I Peter 2:15) and kakopoiew (Mark 3:4, and see I Peter 2:14 for kakopoiov).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Peter 3:17:
1 Peter 3:17
3 John 1:11
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