World English Bible
"For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil."
— 1 Peter 3:17, World English Bible
“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 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 even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."
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:
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.
For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
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;
in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.