1 Peter 3:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For it is better, yf the wyll of God be so, that ye suffer for wel doyng, then for euyll doyng.

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  • 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes, ye take it paciently? But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong, & take it paciently, then is there thanke with God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 Yea, happy are ye if any trouble happen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake: Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them, neither be ye troubled:
  • 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Wherefore, let them that are troubled accordyng to the wyll of God, commit their soules to him with well doyng, as vnto a faythfull creatour.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went a litle farther, and fell flat on his face, and prayed, saying: O my father, if it be possible, let this cuppe passe from me: Neuerthelesse, not as I wyll, but as thou wylt.
  • Matt 26:42 : 42 He went away once againe, & prayed, saying: O my father, if this cuppe may not passe away fro me, except I drinke it, thy wyll be fulfylled.
  • Acts 21:14 : 14 And when we coulde not turne his mynde, we ceassed, saying: the wyll of the Lorde be fulfylled.
  • 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 See that none of you be punished as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euyll doer, or as a busie body in other mens matters.

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  • 1 Pet 2:19-21
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    19For it is thanke worthy, yf a man for coscience toward god, endure griefe, and suffer wrong vndeserued.

    20For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes, ye take it paciently? But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong, & take it paciently, then is there thanke with God.

    21For herevnto veryly were ye called, for Christe also suffered for vs, leauyng vs an ensample, that ye should folowe his steppes.

  • 1 Pet 3:8-16
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    8In conclusion, be ye all of one minde, of one heart, loue as brethren, be pitiful, be curteous,

    9Not rendryng euyl for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywyse blesse, knowyng that ye are therevnto called, euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng.

    10For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.

    11Let hym eschewe euyll and do good, let hym seke peace and ensue it.

    12For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the ryghteous, and his eares are open vnto their prayers: Againe, the face of the Lorde is ouer them that do euyll.

    13Moreouer, who is it that wyll harme you, yf ye folowe that which is good?

    14Yea, happy are ye if any trouble happen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake: Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them, neither be ye troubled:

    15But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes. Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you,

    16And that with mekenesse and feare, hauyng a good conscience: that where as they backebite you as euyll doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe.

  • 1 Pet 3:18
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    18Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God, and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe, but was quickened in the spirite.

  • 1 Pet 2:14-15
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    14Other vnto rulers, as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punyshment of euyll doers, but for the laude of them that do well.

    15For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:

  • 2 Thess 1:5-6
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    5Which is a token of the ryghteous iudgment of God, that ye may be counted woorthy of the kyngdome of God, for which ye also suffer.

    6For it is a ryghteous thing with God, to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you:

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12Yea, and all that wyll lyue godly in Christe Iesus, shall suffer persecution.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-17
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    12Dearely beloued, thinke it not straunge concerning the fierie triall, which thing is to trye you, as though some straunge thyng happened vnto you.

    13But reioyce, in as much as ye are partakers of Christes passions: that when his glory appeareth, ye maye be mery and glad.

    14Yf ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe, happy are ye. For the spirite of glory and of God, resteth vpon you: On their part he is euyll spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

    15See that none of you be punished as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euyll doer, or as a busie body in other mens matters.

    16Yf any man suffer as a Christian man, let hym not be ashamed, but let him glorifie God on this behalfe.

    17For the tyme is come that iudgement must begin at the house of God. Yf it first begin at vs, what shall the ende be of them whiche beleue not the Gospell of God?

  • 1 Pet 4:19
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    19Wherefore, let them that are troubled accordyng to the wyll of God, commit their soules to him with well doyng, as vnto a faythfull creatour.

  • 1 Pet 4:1-2
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    1For as muche then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the fleshe, arme ye your selues lykewise with the same mynde: for he which suffereth in the fleshe, ceasseth from sinne:

    2That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue, as much tyme as remayneth in ye fleshe, not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God.

  • Phil 1:29
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    29For vnto you it is geuen for Christe, not only this to beleue on hym: but also this, to suffer for his sake,

  • 1 Pet 2:23-24
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    23Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously.

    24Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we beyng deliuered from sinne, shoulde liue vnto ryghteousnes: By whose strypes ye were healed.

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9Whom resist stedfast in the fayth, knowyng that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the worlde.

    10But the God of all grace whiche hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christe Iesus, shal his owne selfe, after that ye haue suffred a litle affliction, make you perfite, setle, strength, and stablyshe you.

  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles: that where as they backbite you as euyll doers, they may by your good workes whiche they shall see, prayse God in the day of visitation.

  • Isa 3:10
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    10Say to the ryghteous that it shall go well with them: for they shall eate the fruite of their owne studies.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3For that is good and accepted in the syght of God our sauiour,

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6In the which ye reioyce, though nowe for a season (yf nede require) ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations:

  • Rom 5:7
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    7Nowe scace wyll any man dye for the righteous: Yet peraduenture for the good some men durst dye.

  • Lam 3:27
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    27O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp?

  • 2 Tim 2:3
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    3Thou therfore suffer afflictions as a good souldier of Iesus Christe.

  • Heb 12:3
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    3Consider therfore hym that endured such speakyng agaynst hym of sinners, lest you shoulde be weryed, fayntyng in your myndes.

  • Heb 13:18
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    18Pray for vs: For we trust we haue a good conscience, in all thynges wyllyng to lyue honestlie.

  • 2 Thess 3:13
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    13And ye brethren, be not weery in well doyng.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men.

  • Acts 3:18
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    18But those thynges which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophetes, that Christe shoulde suffer, he hath so fulfylled.

  • Matt 5:11
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    11Blessed are ye, whe (men) reuyle you, and persecute (you) and, lying, shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you, for my sake.

  • Rom 15:3
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    3For Christe pleased not him selfe. But as it is written: The rebukes of them which rebuked thee, fell on me.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

  • Rom 3:8
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    8And not rather (as men speake euyll of vs, and as some affirme that we say) let vs do euyll, that good may come therof? Whose dampnation is iuste.

  • Rom 13:3
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    3For rulers are not fearefull to good workes, but to the euyll. Wylt thou not feare the power? Do well, and thou shalt haue prayse of the same.

  • Rom 12:21
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    21Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll with good.