1 Peter 3:17
What meaning of the 1 peter 3:17 in the Bible?
What does 1 Peter 3:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing."
What does 1 Peter 3:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing."
Verse 17. _FOR_ IT IS _BETTER_] See on 1 Peter 2:19; 1 Peter 2:20....
FOR IT IS BETTER, IF THE WILL OF GOD BE SO - That is, if God sees it to be necessary for your good that you should suffer, it is better that you should suffer for doing well than for crime. God often...
IV. THE COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS AND SUFFERING CHAPTER 3:10-4:19 _ 1. The comfort in suffering (1 Peter 3:10)_ 2. Few saved as illustrated by Noah's preaching (1 Peter 3:18) 3. The new life...
This short and simple section deals with the wider relations of the Christian disciple to his fellow-disciples and to the world. It is an expansion of Christ's teaching in the Golden Rule. It is clear...
THE SILENT PREACHING OF A LOVELY LIFE (1 Peter 3:1-2)...
WILL. App-102. BE SO. should will. App-102. FOR, &C. = as well doers (1 Peter 3:6). FOR, &C. =. as evildoers. Greek. _kakopoieo._ See Mark 3:4....
_For it is better, if the will of God be so_ Literally, the Greek presenting a kind of emphatic pleonasm, IF THE WILL OF GOD SHOULD SO WILL. The Apostle falls back upon the thought of chap. 1 Peter 2:...
1 Peter 3:13 to 1 Peter 4:6. GOOD AND EVIL DOING IN RELATION TO SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF HEATHEN, ILLUSTRATED BY THE SUFFERINGS OR CHRIST AND THEIR EFFECTS...
ΚΡΕΪ́ΤΤΟΝ (G2909) _n. сотр. от_ ΑΓΑΘΌΣ хороший; _сотр._ лучше, ΆΓΑΘΟΠΟΙΟΎΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΓΑΘΟΠΟΙΈΩ (G15) делать добро. Part, по форме _асс. pl._, согласованное с subj. _inf._, выражает...
FOR IT IS BETTER, IF THE WILL OF GOD BE SO,— It is a great crime in him who inflicts misery, that he does it to the innocent, and not to such as deserve it. It is not better for him, that those whom h...
V. SUFFERING AND THE GLORIES TO FOLLOW 3:134:19 _1. Proper Conduct When Suffering For Righteousness 3:13-17_ 1 Peter 3:13-14 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?...
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. BETTER. Say not, I would not bear it so ill if I deserved it. It is better that you do not deserve i...
VERSE 17. FOR IT IS BETTER, IF THE WILL OF GOD BE SO. If we suffer for doing right, it is better than if we suffer for doing wrong. In the last case we suffer justly. In the other it may result in ou...
21 Following in the footprints left by our Lord while He was on earth is often taken as the ideal of human deportment for believers in Christ. And so it is-for the Circumcision, to whom Peter writes....
THE BLESSEDNESS OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE, THOUGH THEY SHOULD SUFFER LIKE CHRIST _B_ (iii). 1 Peter 3:1. Another divinely created ordinance of man is marriage. One of the purposes of Christianity was to tea...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 WIVES AND HUSBANDS v1 You wives must respect and obey your own husbands. Some husbands do not obey God’s word. When they see your good beh...
FOR IT IS BETTER. — There is a kind of ironical suppression in this comparison. IF THE WILL OF GOD BE SO. — A strikingly reverent phrase in the original, _If the will of God should will it._ This is,...
CHAPTER 11 THE REWARDS OF SUFFERING FOR WELL-DOING 1 Peter 3:17 THE Apostle comes back to his solemn subject. Why are the righteous called to suffering? The question was perplexing these Asian Chris...
κρεῖττον, _cf._ 1 Peter 2:19 f., where χάρις κλέος correspond to μισθὸν περισσόν of the sources. εἰ θέλοι τὸ θέλημα θεοῦ. Again optative implies that it is a purely hypothetical case (_cf._ 1 Peter 3:...
FOLLOWING CHRIST IN BEARING INJUSTICE 1 Peter 3:13 It was said of Archbishop Cranmer that the way to make him a life-long friend was to do him some disservice, and surely these words of the Apostle...
The marriage relation was then dealt with, and special emphasis was laid on the fact that the true adornment of woman is found in her character rather than in her dress. Husbands are charged to dwell...
SUFFERING FOR RIGHT AND WRONG REASONS Where the New King James puts "followers of what is good, the A.S.V. puts "if ye be zealous of that which is good." More than just a follower, this individual is...
(17) For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. (17) A reason which stands upon two general rules of Christianity, which nonetheless all men do...
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; (2) While they behold your chaste con...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
17_For it is better _This belongs not only to what follows but to the whole context. He had spoken of the profession of faith, which at that time was attended with great danger; he says now that it is...
After this general exhortation, brief but important to believers, the apostle takes up the relative walk of Christians in a world where on the one hand God watches over all, yet where He permits His o...
FOR IT IS BETTER, IF THE WILL OF GOD BE SO,.... For all things are ordered by the will of God, even all the sufferings and afflictions of the saints; and which is a reason why they ought to be patient...
For _it is_ better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. Ver. 17. _That ye suffer for well doing_] The cause, and not the pain, makes the martyr. Together wit...
_For it is_ infinitely _better, if the will of God be so_ That you should suffer; and his permissive will in this respect appears from his providence; _that ye suffer for well-doing_, rather _than for...
FOR IT IS BETTER, IF THE WILL OF GOD BE SO, THAT YE SUFFER FOR WELL-DOING THAN FOR EVIL-DOING....
There is similar instruction for wives, for theirs is the subject place, certainly not as slaves to a master, but as joined to their "own husbands," a most-intimate and precious relationship. Because...
_ 1 Peter 3:17 ‘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.'_ ‘IF GOD SHOULD WILL IT SO' -Even when we are in the midst of...
14-22 We sanctify God before others, when our conduct invites and encourages them to glorify and honour him. What was the ground and reason of their hope? We should be able to defend our religion wit...
IF THE WILL OF GOD BE SO; viz. that ye must suffer; intimating that this is an argument for their patience and submission in their sufferings, and a ground of comfort to them, that they are led into t...
1 Peter 3:17 For G1063 better G2909 if G1487 is G2309 (G5719) will G2307 God G2316 suffer G3958 (G5721) good G15 (G5723) than G2228 evil G2554 (G5723) if - 1 Peter 4:19; Matthew 26:39,...
‘Having a good conscience; that, wherein you are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ, for it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you s...
1 Peter 3:17. For it is better to suffer, if the will of God should will it, doing well than doing evil. This statement resembles that in chap. 1 Peter 2:20. It is also followed up, as was the case th...
BETTER (κρειττον). Comparative of κρατυς as in 2 Peter 2:21; Hebrews 1:4. Patient endurance not only silences calumny (verse 1 Peter 3:16), is Christlike (verse 1 Peter 3:18), but it has a value of...
1 Peter 3:1. _Likewise, ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; while they behold your c...
CONTENTS: Duties of husbands and wives toward one another. Exhortations to Christian consistency. Christ's vicarious sacrifice. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sara, Abraham. CONCLUSION: World...
1 Peter 3:1. _Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands._ The same words occur in Ephesians 5:22. Col 3:18. The excellence of piety is pleaded here, as the first ornament of a wife. Wisdom conne...
BECAUSE IT IS BETTER. Compare 1 Peter 2:20 and note. GOD'S WILL. _MacKnight_ says: "The apostle adds this to show that the wicked can do no evil to believers but by the permission of God." Compare Job...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 3:15 Believers should always be ready to provide a reason for their faith. They should do so kindly and engagingly. If they keep a GOOD CONSCIENCE because their behavior is cor...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 3:15. LORD GOD.—Probably better, “Lord Christ.” “To sanctify Christ or God was to count His name as holy above all other names, His fear as the only fear which...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 3:1 LIKEWISE, YE WIVES. St. Peter has spoken of the duties of servants: why does he omit those of masters? There must have been Christian masters in Asia Minor, as is plain from...
Shall we turn now to First Peter chapter three as Peter addresses himself to the wives? This particular section goes back to verse thirteen of chapter two, Submit yourself to every ordinance of man f...
1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 4:19; Acts 21:14; Matthew 26:39; Matthew 26:42...
If the will of God be so [ε ι θ ε λ ο ι τ ο θ ε λ η μ α τ ο υ θ ε ο υ]. More literally, as Rev., preserving the play upon the word will, if the will of God should so will....
It is infinitely better, if it be the will of God, ye should suffer. His permissive will appears from his providence....