KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Peter 3:17–18
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1 Peter 3:17
17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that yee suffer for well doing, then for euill doing.
1 Peter 3:18
18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
18For Christ also hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust, that he might bring vs to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Peter 3:17
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To bear, undergo, or endure pain, loss, or hardship; also to allow or permit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
In a good, right, or healthy manner or condition; also a deep source of water, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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1 Peter 3:18
The Anointed One.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
One time; formerly; or at some time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Borne; undergone; peri mitted; allowed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Acts of transgression against God; offences; or, as a verb, commits sin, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
In a moral sense, upright; honest; having principles of rectitude; or conforming exactly to the laws, and to principles of rectitude in social conduct; equitable in the distribution of justice.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Not just; dishonest, wrongful, or unrighteous.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The soft substance of the body; also the body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Made alive; revived; vivified; reinvigorated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 17
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Open the full verse study14But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
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Open the full verse study19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
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Open the full verse study39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
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Open the full verse study15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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Open the full verse study20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
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Open the full verse study14And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
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Open the full verse study42He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
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Open the full verse study15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
From verse 18
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Open the full verse study28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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Open the full verse study26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
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Open the full verse study21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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Open the full verse study6For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
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Open the full verse study14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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Open the full verse study6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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Open the full verse study9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Open the full verse study21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
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Open the full verse study25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
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Open the full verse study3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
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Open the full verse study1FORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
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Open the full verse study13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
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Open the full verse study4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
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Open the full verse study16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
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Open the full verse study4¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
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Open the full verse study21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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Open the full verse study4And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
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Open the full verse study2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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Open the full verse study4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
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Open the full verse study14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
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Open the full verse study6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
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Open the full verse study11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
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Open the full verse study14And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
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Open the full verse study19¶ When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
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Open the full verse study9¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
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Open the full verse study24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
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Open the full verse study24¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
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Open the full verse study26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
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