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Text -- 1 Peter 3:17 (NET)

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3:17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: SALVATION | SACRIFICE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 2 | Persecution | Jesus, The Christ | Example | Commandments | AFFLICTION | more
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Robertson , Vincent , Wesley , JFB , Clarke , Calvin , TSK

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Barnes , Poole , Gill

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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Barclay , Constable , College

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: 1Pe 3:17 - -- Better ( kreitton ). Comparative of kratus as in 2Pe 2:21; Heb 1:4. Patient endurance not only silences calumny (1Pe 3:16), is Christlike (1Pe 3:18...

Better ( kreitton ).

Comparative of kratus as in 2Pe 2:21; Heb 1:4. Patient endurance not only silences calumny (1Pe 3:16), is Christlike (1Pe 3:18), but it has a value of its own (1Pe 3:17).

Robertson: 1Pe 3:17 - -- If the will of God should so will ( ei theloi to thelēma tou theou ). Condition of the fourth class again (ei - theloi ) with ei and the optati...

If the will of God should so will ( ei theloi to thelēma tou theou ).

Condition of the fourth class again (ei - theloi ) with ei and the optative. For a like pleonasm see Joh 7:17.

Robertson: 1Pe 3:17 - -- For well-doing than for evil-doing ( agathopoiountas ē kakopoiountas ). Accusative plural agreeing with humās understood (accusative of general...

For well-doing than for evil-doing ( agathopoiountas ē kakopoiountas ).

Accusative plural agreeing with humās understood (accusative of general reference with the infinitive paschein (to suffer) of the participles from agathopoieō (see 1Pe 2:15) and kakopoieō (Mar 3:4, and see 1Pe 2:14 for kakopoios ).

Vincent: 1Pe 3:17 - -- If the will of God be so ( εἰ θέλοι τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ ) More literally, as Rev., preserving the play upon the ...

If the will of God be so ( εἰ θέλοι τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ )

More literally, as Rev., preserving the play upon the word will, if the will of God should so will.

Wesley: 1Pe 3:17 - -- It is infinitely better, if it be the will of God, ye should suffer. His permissive will appears from his providence.

It is infinitely better, if it be the will of God, ye should suffer. His permissive will appears from his providence.

JFB: 1Pe 3:17 - -- One may object, I would not bear it so ill if I had deserved it. Peter replies, it is better that you did not deserve it, in order that doing well and...

One may object, I would not bear it so ill if I had deserved it. Peter replies, it is better that you did not deserve it, in order that doing well and yet being spoken against, you may prove yourself a true Christian [GERHARD].

JFB: 1Pe 3:17 - -- Rather as the optative is in the oldest manuscripts, "if the will of God should will it so." Those who honor God's will as their highest law (1Pe 2:15...

Rather as the optative is in the oldest manuscripts, "if the will of God should will it so." Those who honor God's will as their highest law (1Pe 2:15) have the comfort to know that suffering is God's appointment (1Pe 4:19). So Christ Himself; our inclination does not wish it.

Clarke: 1Pe 3:17 - -- For it is better - See on 1Pe 2:19, 1Pe 2:20 (note).

For it is better - See on 1Pe 2:19, 1Pe 2:20 (note).

Calvin: 1Pe 3:17 - -- 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 time was ...

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 time was attended with great danger; he says now that it is much better, if they sustained any loss in defending a good cause, to suffer thus unjustly than to be punished for their evil deeds. This consolation is understood rather by secret meditation, than by many words. It is what indeed occurs everywhere in profane authors, that there is a sufficient defense in a good conscience, whatever evils may happen, and must be endured. These have spoken courageously; but then the only really bold man is he who looks to God. Therefore Peter added this clause, If the will of God be so For in these words he reminds us, that if we suffer unjustly, it is not by chance, but according to the divine will; and he assumes, that God wills nothing or appoints nothing but for the best reason. Hence the faithful have always this comfort in their miseries, that they know that they have God as their witness, and that they also know that they are led by him to the contest, in order that they may under his protection give a proof of their faith.

TSK: 1Pe 3:17 - -- if : 1Pe 4:19; Mat 26:39, Mat 26:42; Act 21:14 suffer : 1Pe 3:14

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: 1Pe 3:17 - -- 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 yo...

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 should suffer for doing well than for crime. God often sees it to be necessary that his people should suffer. There are effects to be accomplished by affliction which can be secured in no other way; and some of the happiest results on the soul of a Christian, some of the brightest traits of character, are the effect of trials. But it should be our care that our sufferings should not be brought upon us for our own crimes or follies. No man can promote his own highest good by doing wrong, and then enduring the penalty which his sin incurs; and no one should do wrong with any expectation that it may be overruled for his own good. If we are to suffer, let it be by the direct hand of God, and not by any fault of our own. If we suffer then, we shall have the testimony of our own conscience in our favor, and the feeling that we may go to God for support. If we suffer for our faults, in addition to the outward pain of body, we shall endure the severest pangs which man can suffer - those which the guilty mind inflicts on itself.

Poole: 1Pe 3:17 - -- 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 a g...

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 a ground of comfort to them, that they are led into them by the providence of God, (not by their own folly or rashness), and have him for a witness and judge both of their cause and deportment.

Gill: 1Pe 3:17 - -- 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 saints; ...

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 saints; and which is a reason why they ought to be patiently submitted to, and bore: and "better" it is, more honourable and profitable,

that ye suffer for well doing; for believing in Christ, professing him and his Gospel, giving a free and open reason for so doing, and for exercising a good conscience, and living godly in Christ Jesus:

than for evil doing; as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a busy body in other men's matters, 1Pe 4:15.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Pe 3:17 Grk “if the will of God should will it.” As in 3:14 the Greek construction here implies that suffering for doing good was not what God nor...

Geneva Bible: 1Pe 3:17 ( 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 genera...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Pe 3:1-22 - --1 He teaches the duty of wives and husbands to each other;8 exhorting all men to unity and love;14 and to suffer persecution.19 He declares also the b...

MHCC: 1Pe 3:14-22 - --We sanctify God before others, when our conduct invites and encourages them to glorify and honour him. What was the ground and reason of their hope? W...

Matthew Henry: 1Pe 3:16-17 - -- The confession of a Christian's faith cannot credibly be supported but by the two means here specified - a good conscience and a good conversatio...

Barclay: 1Pe 3:17-22 - --This is not only one of the most difficult passages in Peter's letter, it is one of the most difficult in the whole New Testament; and it is also th...

Barclay: 1Pe 3:17-22 - --Although this passage is one of the most difficult in the New Testament, it begins with something which anyone can understand. The point that Peter ...

Barclay: 1Pe 3:17-22 - --We have already said that we are here face to face with one of the most difficult passages, not only in Peter's letter, but in the whole New Testame...

Barclay: 1Pe 3:17-22 - --This doctrine of the descent into Hades, as we must now call it, is based on two phrases in our present passage. It says that Jesus went and preach...

Barclay: 1Pe 3:17-22 - --We have seen that the attempt at the elimination of this passage fails. (ii) The second attitude is limitation. This attitude--and it is that of some...

Barclay: 1Pe 3:17-22 - --(iii) There is the attitude that what Peter is saying is that Jesus Christ, between his death and resurrection, went to the world of the dead and pr...

Barclay: 1Pe 3:17-22 - --Peter has been speaking about the wicked men who were disobedient and corrupt in the days of Noah; they were ultimately destroyed. But in the destru...

Constable: 1Pe 2:11--4:12 - --III. The responsibilities of the christian individually 2:11--4:11 Since Christians have a particular vocation i...

Constable: 1Pe 3:13--4:7 - --C. Eventual Vindication 3:13-4:6 Peter previously explained how a Christian can rejoice in his suffering...

Constable: 1Pe 3:13-17 - --1. Suffering for doing good 3:13-17 3:13 This statement carries on what the psalmist said in the quotation just cited. If God will punish those who do...

College: 1Pe 3:1-22 - --1 PETER 3 D. WIVES, SUBMIT TO YOUR HUSBANDS (3:1-6) 1 Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe t...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER ABOUT a.d. 65 By Way of Introduction The Author The Epistle is not anonymous, but claims to be written by "...

JFB: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) ITS GENUINENESS is attested by 2Pe 3:1. On the authority of Second Peter, see the Introduction. Also by POLYCARP (in EUSEBIUS [Ecclesiastical History,...

JFB: 1 Peter (Outline) ADDRESS TO THE ELECTED OF THE GODHEAD: THANKSGIVING FOR THE LIVING HOPE TO WHICH WE ARE BEGOTTEN, PRODUCING JOY AMIDST SUFFERINGS: THIS SALVATION AN ...

TSK: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) As the design of this Epistle is excellent, remarks Dr. Macknight, so is its execution, in the judgment of the best critics, does not fall short of it...

TSK: 1 Peter 3 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Pe 3:1, He teaches the duty of wives and husbands to each other; 1Pe 3:8, exhorting all men to unity and love; 1Pe 3:14, and to suffer p...

Poole: 1 Peter 3 (Chapter Introduction) PETER CHAPTER 3

MHCC: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) The same great doctrines, as in St. Paul's epistles, are here applied to same practical purposes. And this epistle is remarkable for the sweetness, ge...

MHCC: 1 Peter 3 (Chapter Introduction) (1Pe 3:1-7) The duties of wives and husbands. (1Pe 3:8-13) Christians exhorted to agree. (1Pe 3:14-22) And encouraged to patience under persecutions...

Matthew Henry: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Epistle General of Peter Two epistles we have enrolled in the sacred canon of the scripture w...

Matthew Henry: 1 Peter 3 (Chapter Introduction) Wherein the apostle describes the duties of husbands and wives one to another, beginning with the duty of the wife (1Pe 3:1-7). He exhorts Christia...

Barclay: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST LETTER OF PETER The Catholic Or General Epistles First Peter belongs to that group of New Testament letters which are k...

Barclay: 1 Peter 3 (Chapter Introduction) The Silent Preaching Of A Lovely Life (1Pe_3:1-2) The True Adornment (1Pe_3:3-6) The Husband's Obligation (1Pe_3:7) (1) The Marks Of The Christian...

Constable: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background This epistle claims that the Apostle Peter wrote it...

Constable: 1 Peter (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-2 II. The identity of Christians 1:3-2:10 A....

Constable: 1 Peter 1 Peter Bibliography Bailey, Mark L., and Thomas L. Constable. The New Testament Explorer. Nashville: Word Publ...

Haydock: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER, THE APOSTLE. INTRODUCTION. This first Epistle of St. Peter, though brief, contains much doctrine concerning fa...

Gill: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 PETER That Simon, called Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, was the writer of this epistle, is not questioned by any; nor was the...

Gill: 1 Peter 3 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 PETER 3 In this chapter the apostle instructs wives how to behave towards their husbands, and husbands how to behave towards thei...

College: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION This commentary is written for the general reader with a serious interest in Scripture. Its purpose is to provide a historical interpret...

College: 1 Peter (Outline) OUTLINE I. THE GREETING - 1:1-2 II. A CALL TO BE HOLY - 1:3-2:10 A. The Hope of Salvation - 1:3-9 B. The Glory of This Salvation - 1:10-1...

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