1 Peter 3:16-18
Modern English Version
16 Have a good conscience so that evildoers who speak evil of you and falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. 17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, that you suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit,
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1 Peter 3:16-18
English Standard Version
16 (A)having a good conscience, so that, (B)when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For (C)it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
18 For Christ also (D)suffered[a] (E)once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, (F)that he might bring us to God, being put to death (G)in the flesh but made alive (H)in the spirit,
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