1 Peter 3:17
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.”
θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
πάσχω
to suffer
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πάσχω
To suffer, to experience. Pascho. He learned obedience through what He suffered. Suffering is not wasted in God's economy. It produces something that ease never can.
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θέλω
one would desire
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θέλω
To will, to wish, to desire. Thelo. I am willing be made clean. Jesus was always willing to heal, forgive and restore. His willingness has not changed.
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κακοποιέω
doing evil;
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κακοποιέω
to be a bad-doer, i.e. (objectively) to injure, or (genitive) to sin
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κρεῖσσον
It is] better
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κρεῖσσον
(as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage
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ἤ
than
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ἤ
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
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εἰ
if
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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