1st Peter 3:17
For it is better that ye do well, and suffer, if the will of God will, than doing evil. Soothly it is better, if the will of God will, ye well-doing, to suffer, than evil-doing.This verse in the real world
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- κακοποιέωkakopoiéōto be a bad-doer, i.e. (objectively) to injure, or (genitive) to sin
- ἀγαθοποιέωagathopoiéōto be a well-doer (as a favor or a duty)
- κρείττωνkreíttōnstronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler
- πάσχωpáschōto experience a sensation or impression (usually painful)
- θέλημαthélēmaa determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree;
- θέλωthélōto determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 (βούλομαι) proper
- εἰeiif, whether, that, etc.
- ἤḗdisjunctive, or; comparative, than
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.