1 Peter 3:17 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Peter 3:17

15 But¹ sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always ^abe ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the ^bhope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

16 ^ahaving a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

Christ’s Suffering and Ours

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring¹ us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,

19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,

20 who formerly were disobedient,¹ when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

Verse Comparison: 1 Peter 3:17

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American Standard Version
For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

Amplified® Bible
For [it is] better to suffer [unjustly] for doing right, if that should be God's will, than to suffer [justly] for doing wrong.

Contemporary English Version
You are better off to obey God and suffer for doing right than to suffer for doing wrong.

Darby English Version
For [it is] better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;

Good News Bible
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if this should be God's will, than for doing evil.

International Standard Version
After all, if it is the will of God, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.

King James Version
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

New American Standard Bible
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 International Version
It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

New King James Version
For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
You will find it preferable, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing right rather than for doing wrong.

Young's Literal Translation
for `it is' better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

New English Translation
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it,¹ than for doing evil.

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