1 Peter 3:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. Do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled;

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be intimidated.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G235} even{G2532} if{G1487} ye should suffer{G3958} for{G1223} righteousness' sake,{G1343} blessed{G3107} [are ye:] and{G1161} {G5399} fear{G5401} not{G3361} their{G846} fear,{G5401} neither{G3366} be troubled;{G5015}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G235} and if{G1499} ye suffer{G3958}{(G5722)} for{G1223} righteousness' sake{G1343}, happy{G3107} are ye: and{G1161} be{G5399} not{G3361} afraid{G5399}{(G5676)} of their{G846} terror{G5401}, neither{G3366} be troubled{G5015}{(G5686)};

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Not withstondynge happy are ye yf ye suffre for rightewesnessis sake. Ye and feare not though they seme terrible vnto you nether be troubled:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Not withstodinge blessed are ye, yf ye suffre for righteousnes sake Feare not ye their threatnynge, nether be troubled,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    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:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy `are ye'! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed `are ye:' and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 2:19-20 : 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer for it, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.
  • Isa 8:12-13 : 12 Do not say, A confederacy, to all those to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear their fear, nor be afraid. 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.
  • Isa 41:10-14 : 10 Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all those who were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and those who strive with you shall perish. 12 You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even those who contended with you: those who war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13 For I the LORD your God will hold your right hand, saying to you, Fear not; I will help you. 14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
  • Mark 10:29 : 29 And Jesus answered and said, Truly I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
  • Luke 6:22-23 : 22 Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in like manner did their fathers to the prophets.
  • John 14:1 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.
  • John 14:27 : 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
  • 1 Pet 4:13-16 : 13 But rejoice, since you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, 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 meddler in other people's matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any fear.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
  • Acts 18:9-9 : 9 Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, 'Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent, 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.'
  • 2 Cor 12:10 : 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation: for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
  • Luke 12:4-5 : 4 And I say to you my friends, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, Fear him.
  • Matt 10:18-22 : 18 And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given to you in that same hour what you shall speak. 20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. 21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end shall be saved.
  • Matt 10:31 : 31 Therefore, do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows.
  • Matt 10:39 : 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
  • Matt 16:25 : 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's, will save it.
  • Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you should be afraid of a man who will die, and of the son of man who will be made like grass;
  • Jer 1:8 : 8 Do not be afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.
  • Jer 15:15 : 15 O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered rebuke.
  • Ezek 3:9 : 9 Like an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: do not fear them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

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