1 Peter 3:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

1 Peter 3:14

But you may suffer for doing right. If that happens, you have God’s blessing. “Don’t be afraid of the people who make you suffer; don’t be worried.”

1 Peter 4:19

So if God wants you to suffer, you should trust your lives to him. He is the one who made you, and you can trust him. So continue to do good.

Matthew 26:39

Then Jesus went on a little farther away from them. He fell to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, don’t make me drink from this cup. But do what you want, not what I want.”

1 Peter 2:20

But if you are punished for doing wrong, there is no reason to praise you for bearing that punishment. But if you suffer for doing good and you are patient, this pleases God.

Acts 21:14

We could not persuade him to stay away from Jerusalem. So we stopped begging him and said, “We pray that what the Lord wants will be done.”

Matthew 26:42

Then Jesus went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if I must do this and it is not possible for me to escape it, then I pray that what you want will be done.”

1 Peter 4:15

You may suffer, but don’t let it be because you murder, steal, make trouble, or try to control other people’s lives.

1 Peter 2:15

When you do good, you stop ignorant people from saying foolish things about you. This is what God wants.

Acts 18:21

He left them and said, “I will come back to you again if God wants me to.” And so he sailed away from Ephesus.

1 Peter 1:6

I know the thought of that is exciting, even if you must suffer through different kinds of troubles for a short time now.