1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 4:19; Acts 21:14; Matthew 26:39; Matthew 26:42
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...
(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 r...
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 o...
will . App-102. be so . should will. App-102. for, &c . = as well doers ( 1 Peter 3:6 ). for, &c . =. as evildoers. Greek. kakopoieo....
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...
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. For it is better - See on 1 Peter 2:19 , 1 Peter...
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 de...
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 i...
The Blessedness of Christ's People, Though They Should Suffer Like Christ B (iii). 1 Peter 3:1-6 . Another divinely created ordinance of man is...
If the will of God be so] RV 'if the will of God should so will'—a rugged but emphatic expression.
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...
Chapter 11 THE REWARDS OF SUFFERING FOR WELL-DOING 1 Peter 3:17-22 THE Apostle comes back to his solemn subject. Why are the righteous called...
Following Christ in Bearing Injustice 1 Peter 3:13-22 It was said of Archbishop Cranmer that the way to make him a life-long friend was to do h...
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 rathe...
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...
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 saint...
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 ca...
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...
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,"...
Good Conscience and Good Conversation. A. D. 66....
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...
‘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 be...
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...
1 Peter 3:1-2 . 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...
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 plea...
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 mus...
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
The benefits of Christ's work:
It is infinitely better, if it be the will of God, ye should suffer. His permissive will appears from his providence.
17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.