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


In Context

14 But if also you suffer any thing for justice' sake, blessed are ye. And be not afraid of their fear, and be not troubled.

15 But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you.

16 But with modesty and fear, having a good conscience: that whereas they speak evil of you, they may be ashamed who falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

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

18 Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,

19 In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17For it is better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer as well-doers than as evildoers;

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.