Cross references

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

1 Peter 3:17 BSB

1 Peter 3:17 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Peter 3:14 (12 votes) and 1 Peter 4:19 (9 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 39 to 1 John 4.

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Which verses does 1 Peter 3:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 Peter 3:1412 votes

    But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

  2. So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

  3. Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

  4. A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”

  5. Acts 21:147 votes

    When he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”

  6. For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.

  7. How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

  8. Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.

Which verses point to 1 Peter 3:17?

The 10 strongest of 25.