For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
WEB
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
YLT
for it is better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;
DBT
For [it is] better, if the will ofGod should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New Testament1 Peter — Peter to scattered exiles across Asia Minor — five chapters on suffering and a living hope. A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.
- Author
- The apostle Peter (1:1); Silvanus assisted (5:12)
- Date
- Early 60s AD, likely from ‘Babylon’ (Rome, 5:13)