1 Peter 3:17 - Common English Bible

It is better to suffer for doing good (if this could possibly be God’s will) than for doing evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For [it is] better to suffer [unjustly] for doing right, if that should be God's will, than to suffer [justly] for doing wrong.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is the will of God, than for doing evil.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For it is better doing well (if such be the will of God) to suffer, than doing ill.

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