1 Peter 3:13 - The Message If with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped? Even if you suffer for it, you’re still better off. Don’t give the opposition a second thought. Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy. Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They’ll end up realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath. It’s better to suffer for doing good, if that’s what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad. That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now who is there to hurt you if you are zealous followers of that which is good? American Standard Version (1901) And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good? Common English Bible Who will harm you if you are zealous for good? Catholic Public Domain Version And who is it who can harm you, if you are zealous in what is good? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of good? |