1 Peter 3:14
1 Peter 3:13-18 The Message (MSG)
If with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped? Even if you suffer for it, you’re still better off. Don’t give the opposition a second thought. Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy. Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They’ll end up realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath. It’s better to suffer for doing good, if that’s what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad. That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God.
1 Peter 3:14 King James Version (KJV)
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled
1 Peter 3:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. AND DO NOT FEAR THEIR INTIMIDATION, AND DO NOT BE TROUBLED
1 Peter 3:14 New Century Version (NCV)
But even if you suffer for doing right, you are blessed. “Don’t be afraid of what they fear; do not dread those things.”
1 Peter 3:14 American Standard Version (ASV)
But even if ye should suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled
1 Peter 3:14 New International Version (NIV)
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”
1 Peter 3:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”
1 Peter 3:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness [though it is not certain that you will], you are still blessed [happy, to be admired and favored by God]. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEIR INTIMIDATING THREATS, NOR BE TROUBLED or DISTURBED [by their opposition].
1 Peter 3:14 New Living Translation (NLT)
But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats.