1 Peter 3:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

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  • 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
  • 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, ‹O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou› [wilt].
  • Matt 26:42 : 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, ‹O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.›
  • Acts 21:14 : 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
  • 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

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  • 1 Pet 2:19-21
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    19 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

    20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.

    21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

  • 1 Pet 3:8-16
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    8 ¶ Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:

    9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

    10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

    11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

    12 For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.

    13 And who [is] he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

    14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

    15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

    16 ¶ 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.

  • 1 Pet 3:18
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    18 ¶ For Christ also hath 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:

  • 1 Pet 2:14-15
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    14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

    15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

  • 2 Thess 1:5-6
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    5 ¶ [Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

    6 Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-17
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    12 ¶ Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

    13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

    14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

    15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

    16 Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

    17 For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God?

  • 1 Pet 4:19
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    19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

  • 1 Pet 4:1-2
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    1 ¶ Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

    2 That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

  • Phil 1:29
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    29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

  • 1 Pet 2:23-24
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    23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

    24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

    10 ¶ But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you].

  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  • Isa 3:10
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    10 Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3 For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6 ¶ Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

  • Rom 5:7
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    7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

  • Lam 3:27
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    27 [It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

  • 2 Tim 2:3
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    3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 12:3
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    3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

  • Heb 13:18
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    18 ¶ Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

  • 2 Thess 3:13
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    13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15 See that none render evil for evil unto any [man]; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all [men].

  • Acts 3:18
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    18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

  • Matt 5:11
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    11 ‹Blessed are ye, when› [men] ‹shall revile you, and persecute› [you], ‹and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.›

  • Rom 15:3
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    3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 ¶ Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:

  • Rom 3:8
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    8 And not [rather], (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

  • Rom 13:3
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    3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

  • Rom 12:21
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    21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

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