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Forγὰρit isbetter,κρεῖττονifεἰthe willτὸ θέλημαof Godτοῦ θεοῦshould will it,θέλοιto sufferπάσχεινfor doing goodἀγαθοποιοῦνταςthanἢfor doing evil.κακοποιοῦντας
1 Peter 3:17
Study it in the app“For it is better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Peter 3:17, word by word
- betterκρεῖττονkreitton
better
Better; more useful or more excellent.
Where else “kreitton” appears- the willθέλημαthelēma
will
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēma” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- should will itθέλοιtheloi
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “theloi” appears- to sufferπάσχεινpaschein
suffer
Suffer, undergo.
Where else “paschein” appears- for doing goodἀγαθοποιοῦνταςagathopoiountas
do good
To do good.
Where else “agathopoiountas” appears- for doing evilκακοποιοῦνταςkakopoiountas
do evil
To do evil.
Where else “kakopoiountas” appears
The context
16but with gentleness and fear, having a good conscience, so that in what you are spoken against, those who abuse your good conduct in the Messiah may be put to shame.
17 · This verse (above)
18Because the Messiah also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, so that he might bring you to God, put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,