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1 Peter 3:17

17 For lit is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

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1 Peter 3:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

1 Peter 3:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

1 Peter 3:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!

1 Peter 3:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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

1 Peter 3:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 It is better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong if that is what God wants.

1 Peter 3:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

1 Peter 3:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 For it is better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer as well-doers than as evildoers;

1 Peter 3:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 After all, if it is God’s will, it’s better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong. 

1 Peter 3:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

1 Peter 3:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil.

1 Peter 3:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

1 Peter 3:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 It is better to suffer for doing good than for doing evil if that’s what God wants.

1 Peter 3:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.


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