1st Peter Chapter 3 verse 17 Holy Bible
For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
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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.
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For [it is] better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;
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For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
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for `it is' better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;
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