1 Peter 3:17 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

for [it is] better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

English ASV

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

English Amplified

For [it is] better to suffer [unjustly] for doing right, if that should be God's will, than to suffer [justly] for doing wrong.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For [it is] better to suffer [unjustly] for doing right, if that should be God's will, than to suffer [justly] for doing wrong.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

God may allow you to suffer even when you have done good things. But that is better than if you suffer because you have done bad things.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if this should be God's will, than for doing evil.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

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

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

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

English NIV

It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

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

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

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

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For it is better to suffer for doing right, if that should be God's will, than for doing wrong.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

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

English Tyndale 1537

It is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

1 Peter 3:17 — Compare Translations