1 Peter 3:17
It is better (yf the wyll of God be so) that ye suffre for well doynge then for evyll doynge.
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Referenced Verses
- 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the will of god that ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men:
- 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what prayse is it if when ye be buffeted for youre fautes ye take it paciently? But and yf when ye do well ye suffer wronge and take it paciently then is there thanke with God.
- 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 Not withstondynge happy are ye yf ye suffre for rightewesnessis sake. Ye and feare not though they seme terrible vnto you nether be troubled:
- 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Wherfore let them that suffer accordynge to the will of god commit their soules to him with well doynge as vnto a faythfull creator
- Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went a lytell aparte and fell flat on his face and prayed sayinge: O my father yf it be possible let this cuppe passe from me: neverthelesse not as I wyll but as thou wylt.
- Matt 26:42 : 42 He went awaye once moare and prayed sayinge: O my father yf this cuppe can not passe away from me but yt I drinke of it thy wyll be fulfylled.
- Acts 21:14 : 14 When we coulde not turne his mynde we ceased sayinge: the will of ye Lorde be fulfilled.
- 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 Se that none of you suffre as a murtherer or as a thefe or an evyll doar or as a busybody in other mens matters.
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- 1 Pet 2:19-213 verses84%
19For it is thankeworthye yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe sufferinge wrongfully.
20For what prayse is it if when ye be buffeted for youre fautes ye take it paciently? But and yf when ye do well ye suffer wronge and take it paciently then is there thanke with God.
21For herevnto verely were ye called: for Christ also suffered for vs levinge vs an insample yt ye shuld folowe his steppes
- 1 Pet 3:8-169 verses80%
8In coclusion be ye all of one mynde one suffre with another love as brethren be petifull be courteous
9not redringe evyll for evyll nether rebuke for rebuke: but contrary wyse blesse remembringe yt ye are thervnto called even yt ye shuld be heyres of blessinge.
10If eny ma longe after life and loveth to se good dayes let him refrayne his tonge fro evyll and his lippes that they speake not gyle.
11Let him eschue evyll and do good: let him seke peace and ensue it.
12For ye eyes of ye Lorde are over ye righteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers. But ye face of the Lorde beholdeth the that do evyll.
13Moreover who is it that will harme you yf ye folowe yt which is good?
14Not withstondynge happy are ye yf ye suffre for rightewesnessis sake. Ye and feare not though they seme terrible vnto you nether be troubled:
15but sanctifie the Lorde God in youre hertes. Be redy all wayes to geve an answere to every man that axeth you a reson of the hope that is in you and that with meaknes and feare:
16havinge a good consciece that when they backbyte you as evyll doars they maye be ashamed for as moche as they have falsely accused youre good conversacion in Christ.
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18For as moche as Christ hath once suffered for synnes ye iuste for ye vniuste forto bringe vs to God and was kylled as pertayninge to the flesshe: but was quyckened in the sprete.
- 1 Pet 2:14-152 verses78%
14other vnto rulars as vnto them that are sent of him for the punysshment of evyll doars: but for the laude of them that do well.
15For so is the will of god that ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men:
- 2 Thess 1:5-62 verses76%
5which is a token of ye ryghtewes iudgemet of god that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdom of god for which ye also suffre.
6It is verely a rightewes thinge with God to recopence tribulacion to them that trouble you:
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12Ye and all that will live godly in Christ Iesu must suffre persecucions.
- 1 Pet 4:12-176 verses76%
12Dearly beloved be not troubled in this heate which now is come amoge you to trye you as though some strauge thinge had happened vnto you:
13but reioyce in as moche as ye are partetakers of Christes passions that when his glory appereth ye maye be mery and glad.
14If ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christ happie are ye. For the sprete of glory and the sprete of god resteth apon you. On their parte he is evyll spoken of: but on youre parte he is glorified.
15Se that none of you suffre as a murtherer or as a thefe or an evyll doar or as a busybody in other mens matters.
16Yf eny man suffre as a Christe man let him not be ashamed: but let him glorifie god on his behalfe.
17For the tyme is come that iudgement must begynne at the housse of god. If it fyrst begynne at vs what shall the ende be of them which beleve not the gospell of god?
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19Wherfore let them that suffer accordynge to the will of god commit their soules to him with well doynge as vnto a faythfull creator
- 1 Pet 4:1-22 verses75%
1For as moche as christ hath suffred for vs in the flesshe arme youre selves lyke wyse with the same mynde: for he which suffereth in the flesshe ceasith fro synn
2that he hence forwarde shuld lyve as moche tyme as remayneth in the flesshe: not after ye lustes of men but after the will of God.
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29For vnto you it is geven that not only ye shulde beleve on Christ: but also suffre for his sake
- 1 Pet 2:23-242 verses74%
23which when he was reviled reviled not agayne: whe he suffered he threatened not: but comitted the cause to him that iudgeth ryghteously
24which his awne silfe bare oure synnes in his body on the tree that we shuld be delyvered from synne and shuld lyve in rightewesnes. By whose strypes ye were healed.
- 1 Pet 5:9-102 verses72%
9whom resist stedfust in the fayth remebrynge that ye do but fulfill the same affliccios which are apoynted to youre brethren that are in the worlde.
10The God of all grace which called you vnto his eternall glory by Christ Iesus shall his awne silfe after ye have soffred a lytell affliccio make you perfect: shall settle strenght and stablishe you.
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12and se that ye have honest conversacion amonge the getyls that they which backbyte you as evyll doars maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitacion.
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3For that is good and accepted in the sight of god oure savioure
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6in the which tyme ye shall reioyce though now for a season (if nede requyre) ye are in hevines thorowe manifolde temptacions
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7Yet scace will eny man dye for a rightewes man. Paraventure for a good ma durst a man dye.
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3Thou therfore suffre affliccion as a good soudier of Iesu Christ.
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3Consider therfore how that he endured suche speakinge agaynst him of synners lest ye shuld be weried and faynte in youre myndes.
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18Praye for vs. We have confidence because we have a good conscience in all thynges and desyre to live honestly.
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13Brethren be not wery in well doynge.
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15Se that none recopence evill for evyll vnto eny man: but ever folowe that which is good both amonge youre selves and to all men.
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18But those thinges which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his Prophetes how yt Christ shuld suffre he hath thus wyse fulfilled.
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11Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and shall falsly say all manner of yvell saynges agaynst you for my sake.
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3For Christ pleased not him selfe: but as it is written. The rebukes of the which rebuked the fell one me.
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4And it semeth to them a straunge thinge that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of ryote and therfore speake they evill of you
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8and saye not rather (as men evyll speake of vs and as some affirme that we saye) let vs do evyll that good maye come therof. Whose damnacion is iuste.
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3For rulars are not to be feared for good workes but for evyll Wilt thou be with out feare of the power? Do well then: and so shalt thou be praysed of the same.
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21Be not overcome of evyll: But overcome evyll wt goodnes.