Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
And who will be able to harm you, if you show yourselves zealous for that which is good?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
Holman Bible
And who will harm
International Standard Version
Who will harm you if you are devoted to doing what is good?
A Conservative Version
And who is he who will harm you, if ye become imitators of the good?
American Standard Version
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?
Amplified
Now who is there to hurt you if you become enthusiastic for what is good?
An Understandable Version
And who do you think would [try to] hurt you if you become enthusiastic for doing what is right?
Anderson New Testament
And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good?
Bible in Basic English
Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?
Common New Testament
Who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
Daniel Mace New Testament
for who can hurt you, if you strive to excel in virtue.
Darby Translation
And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which is good?
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Besides, who is he that will do evil to you, if you be imitators of the Good One?
Godbey New Testament
Who is the one about to harm you, if you may be zealots of the good?
Goodspeed New Testament
And who is there that can hurt you if you are eager to do what is right?
John Wesley New Testament
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
Julia Smith Translation
And who going to injure you, if ye be imitators of good?
King James 2000
And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And who [is] the one who will harm you if you are a zealous adherent for what is good?
Modern King James verseion
And who is the one who will harm you if you become imitators of the good?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, who is it that will harm you if ye follow that which is good?
Moffatt New Testament
Yet who will wrong you if you have a passion for goodness?
Montgomery New Testament
Yet who will harm you if you become zealous for the good?
NET Bible
For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?
New Heart English Bible
Now who is he who will harm you, if you become zealous of that which is good?
Noyes New Testament
And who is he that shall harm you, if ye are followers of that which is good?
Sawyer New Testament
And who is he that will injure you if you are followers of what is good?
The Emphasized Bible
Who, then, is he that shall harm you, if, for that which is good, ye become zealous?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And who will do you harm if ye be imitators of him that is good?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Who, indeed, is there to harm you, if you prove yourselves to be eager for what is good?
Webster
And who is he that will harm you, if ye are followers of that which is good?
Williams New Testament
And who is it that will harm you if you are enthusiastic to do right?
World English Bible
Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?
Worrell New Testament
And who is he that will harm you, if ye become zealous for that which is good?
Worsley New Testament
And who will hurt you, if ye be imitators of Him that is good?
Youngs Literal Translation
and who is he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?
Themes
Church » Security of » General references to
natural Life » Of saints, specially protected by God
Opposition » Who cannot be opposed
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Security of
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 3:13
Images 1 Peter 3:13
Prayers for 1 Peter 3:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Suffer For Doing What Is Good
12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open to their supplication; but the face of the Lord is set against evil-doers." 13 And who will be able to harm you, if you show yourselves zealous for that which is good? 14 But even if you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are to be envied. So do not be alarmed by their threats, nor troubled;
Cross References
Romans 8:28
Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.
Romans 13:3
For judges and magistrates are to be feared not by right-doers but by wrong-doers. You desire--do you not? --to have no reason to fear your ruler. Well, do the thing that is right, and then he will commend you.
1 Corinthians 14:1
Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy.
Ephesians 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear children.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See to it that no one ever repays another with evil for evil; but always seek opportunities of doing good both to one another and to all the world.
1 Timothy 5:10
She must have been true to her one husband, and well reported of for good deeds, as having brought up children, received strangers hospitably, washed the feet of God's people, given relief to the distressed, and devoted herself to good works of every kind.
3 John 1:11
My dear friend, do not follow wrong examples, but right ones. He who habitually does what is right is a child of God: he who habitually does what is wrong has not seen God.