1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
In other versions
For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
ASV
Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.
BBE
For [it is] better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;
DBY
For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
WEB
for `it is' better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;
YLT
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that all of you suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
ENG
For it is better, if the will of God is so, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing.
WBT
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
BSB
In context
15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;