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


In Context

14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. |Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled.|

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

16 having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

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

18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

19 in which he also went and preached to the spirits 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 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 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.