Verse 17
1 Peter 3:17
Darby Translation
17
For [it is] better, if the will of God (Elohim) should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;
Original Language Text
greek
κρεῖττον γὰρ ἀγαθοποιοῦντας, εἰ θέλοι τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, πάσχειν ἢ κακοποιοῦντας.
English Translation
For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
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Chapter 3 Context
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Likewise, wives, [be] subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, t...
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having witnessed your pure conversation [carried out] in fear;
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whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on a...
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but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which i...
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For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God (Elohim) heretofore adorned themselves, being sub...
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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearin...
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[Ye] husbands likewise, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, as with a weaker, [even] the femal...
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Finally, [be] all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;
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not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing [others], because...
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For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his li...
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And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it;
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because [the] eyes of [the] Lord [are] on [the] righteous, and his ears towards their supplications;...
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And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which [is] good?
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But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]; but be not afraid of their f...
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but sanctify [the] Lord the Christ in your hearts, and [be] always prepared to [give] an answer [to]...
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having a good conscience, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may b...
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For [it is] better, if the will of God (Elohim) should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as]...
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for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, [the] just for [the] unjust, that he might bring us to...
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in which also going he preached to the spirits [which are] in prison,
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heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God (Elohim) waited in [the] days of Noah while th...
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which figure also now saves you, [even] baptism, not a putting away of [the] filth of flesh, but [th...
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who is at [the] right hand of God (Elohim), gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers bein...
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