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


In Context

14 but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy are ye! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

15 and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And be ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

16 having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

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

18 because also Christ once for sin did suffer — righteous for unrighteous — that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

19 in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,

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 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 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.