| Basic English (BBE): | Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing. |
| World English (WEB): | For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil. |
| Webster's: | For it is better, if the will of God is so, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing. |
| J.N.Darby: | For it is better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer as well-doers than as evildoers; |
| American Standard (1991 AD): | For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing. |
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| King James (1611 AD): | For it is better, if the will of God be so, that yee suffer for well doing, then for euill doing. |
| Bishops' (1568 AD): | For it is better, yf the wyll of God be so, that ye suffer for wel doyng, then for euyll doyng. |
| Languages Translated: | Spanish, French, German, Latin (more soon) |