1 Peter 3:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for `it is' better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 for what renown `is it', if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure `it'? but if, doing good and suffering `for it', ye do endure, this `is' gracious with God,
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy `are ye'! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,
  • 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'
  • Matt 26:42 : 42 Again, a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, `My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, Thy will be done;'
  • Acts 21:14 : 14 and he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, `The will of the Lord be done.'
  • 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

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  • 1 Pet 2:19-21
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    19for this `is' gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;

    20for what renown `is it', if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure `it'? but if, doing good and suffering `for it', ye do endure, this `is' gracious with God,

    21for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

  • 1 Pet 3:8-16
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    8And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

    9not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

    10for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

    11let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

    12because the eyes of the Lord `are' upon the righteous, and His ears -- to their supplication, and the face of the Lord `is' upon those doing evil;'

    13and who `is' he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?

    14but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy `are ye'! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

    15and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And `be' ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that `is' in you, with meekness and fear;

    16having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

  • 1 Pet 3:18
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    18because also Christ once for sin did suffer -- righteous for unrighteous -- that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

  • 1 Pet 2:14-15
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    14whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

    15because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

  • 2 Thess 1:5-6
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    5a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

    6since `it is' a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble,

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    12and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

  • 1 Pet 4:12-17
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    12Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

    13but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice -- exulting;

    14if ye be reproached in the name of Christ -- happy `are ye', because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

    15for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

    16and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;

    17because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?

  • 1 Pet 4:19
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    19so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

  • 1 Pet 4:1-2
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    1Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

    2no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

  • Phil 1:29
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    29because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

  • 1 Pet 2:23-24
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    23who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

    24who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

    10And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle `you';

  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

  • Isa 3:10
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    10Say ye to the righteous, that `it is' good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3for this `is' right and acceptable before God our Saviour,

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

  • Rom 5:7
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    7for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;

  • Lam 3:27
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    27Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.

  • 2 Tim 2:3
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    3thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

  • Heb 12:3
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    3for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.

  • Heb 13:18
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    18Pray for us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to behave well,

  • 2 Thess 3:13
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    13and ye, brethren, may ye not be weary doing well,

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

  • Acts 3:18
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    18and God, what things before He had declared through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He did thus fulfil;

  • Matt 5:11
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    11`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --

  • Rom 15:3
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    3for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

  • Rom 3:8
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    8and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say -- `We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous.

  • Rom 13:3
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    3For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

  • Rom 12:21
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    21Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.