17For it is better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer as well-doers than as evildoers;


In Context

14 But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed are ye; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;

15 but sanctify the Lord the Christ in your hearts, and be always prepared to give an answer to every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that is in you, but with meekness and fear;

16 having a good conscience, that as to that in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed who calumniate your good conversation in Christ.

17 For it is better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer as well-doers than as evildoers;

18 for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

19 in which also going he preached to the spirits which are in prison,

1 Peter 3:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:17For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:17It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:17For it is better doing well (if such be the will of God) to suffer, than doing ill.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:17For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:17For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17For it is better, if the will of God is so, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17for it is better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that you suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.