American King James Version
"For it is better, if the will of God be so, that you suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. "
— 1 Peter 3:17, American King James Version
“For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.”
“For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing. ”
“For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.”
“For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.”
“For it is better doing well (if such be the will of God) to suffer than doing ill.”
“Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.”
“For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.”
But and if you suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are you: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that you suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison;
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.