Verse 17

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
• 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.
• 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 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.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.
• Matt 26:39 : 39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed,“My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
• Matt 26:42 : 42 He went away a second time and prayed,“My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”
• Acts 21:14 : 14 Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except,“The Lord’s will be done.”
• 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.