For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. |
For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. |
For it is better, if God should will it so (the will of God), that you suffer for doing what is right than what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. |
It is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. |
For [it is] better to suffer [unjustly] for doing right, if that should be God’s will, than to suffer [justly] for doing wrong. |
for it is better when doing good, if perchance it be the will of God that you be suffering rather than when doing evil. |
If it is the will of God that you should suffer it is better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong. |
For it is better, if the will of God should plan it so, to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong. |
For 1063 it is better, 2909 if 1487 the 3588 will 2307 of God 2316 be so, 2309 that ye suffer 3958 for well doing, 15 than 2228 for evil doing. 2554 |
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