Catholic Public Domain Version
"For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is the will of God, than for doing evil. "
— 1 Peter 3:17, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
And yet, even when you suffer something for the sake of justice, you are blessed. So then, do not be afraid with their fear, and do not be disturbed.
But sanctify Christ the Lord in your hearts, being always ready to give an explanation to all who ask you the reason for that hope which is in you.
But do so with meekness and fear, having a good conscience, so that, in whatever matter they may slander you, they shall be confounded, since they falsely accuse your good behavior in Christ.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is the will of God, than for doing evil.
For Christ also died once for our sins, the Just One on behalf of the unjust, so that he might offer us to God, having died, certainly, in the flesh, but having been enlivened by the Spirit.
And in the Spirit, he preached to those who were in prison, going to those souls
who had been unbelieving in past times, while they waited for the patience of God, as in the days of Noah, when the ark was being built. In that ark, a few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water.