Cross-referencesExplore similar Bible verses on 1 Peter 3:17 in English Standard Version "For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil." 1Pe 2:20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.1Pe 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.