1 Peter 3:17
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17 Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!
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1 Peter 3:14
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14 But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats.
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1 Peter 4:19
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19 So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you.
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Matthew 26:39
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39 He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
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1 Peter 2:20
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20 Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you.
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Acts 21:14
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14 When it was clear that we couldn’t persuade him, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
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Matthew 26:42
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42 Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, “My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away[a] unless I drink it, your will be done.”
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- 26:42 Greek If this cannot pass.
1 Peter 4:15
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15 If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.
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1 Peter 2:15
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15 It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.
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