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

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

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

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

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

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

NLV
17. If God wants you to suffer, it is better to suffer for doing what is right than for doing what is wrong.

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

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

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

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

NCV
17. It is better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong if that is what God wants.

MKJV
17. For it is better, if the will of God wills it, to suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

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

LXXEN



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

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

KJVP
17. For G1063 CONJ [ it ] [ is ] better G2909 A-NSN , if G1487 COND the G3588 T-NSN will G2307 N-NSN of God G2316 N-GSM be G2309 V-PAO-3S so , that ye suffer G3958 V-PAN for well doing G15 V-PAP-APM , than G2228 PRT for evil doing G2554 V-PAP-APM .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MKJV
17. For it is better, if the will of God wills it, to suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

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

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

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

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

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

MSG
17. It's better to suffer for doing good, if that's what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad.

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

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

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