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神 的 旨 意 若 是 叫 你 们 因 行 善 受 苦 ， 总 强 如 因 行 恶 受 苦 。
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
if: 1 Peter 4:19, Matthew 26:39, Matthew 26:42, Acts 21:14
suffer: 1 Peter 3:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 39:21 - the Lord Genesis 40:15 - done 1 Samuel 21:5 - the vessels 1 Samuel 22:15 - Did I then 1 Samuel 25:21 - he hath requited Job 36:21 - this Psalms 38:20 - because Psalms 119:22 - for I have Mark 15:31 - He John 13:15 - given Romans 3:8 - we be Galatians 6:9 - well 1 Thessalonians 4:12 - ye may walk 1 Peter 4:16 - as
Cross-References
The woman answered the snake, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.'"
God knows that if you eat the fruit from that tree, you will learn about good and evil and you will be like God!"
The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Then, it was as if their eyes were opened. They realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made something to cover themselves.
But the Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"
God asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?"
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
The Lord God said to the snake, "Because you did this, a curse will be put on you. You will be cursed as no other animal, tame or wild, will ever be. You will crawl on your stomach, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant, and when you give birth to children, you will have great pain. You will greatly desire your husband, but he will rule over you."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For it is better, if the will of God be so,.... For all things are ordered by the will of God, even all the sufferings and afflictions of the saints; and which is a reason why they ought to be patiently submitted to, and bore: and "better" it is, more honourable and profitable,
that ye suffer for well doing; for believing in Christ, professing him and his Gospel, giving a free and open reason for so doing, and for exercising a good conscience, and living godly in Christ Jesus:
than for evil doing; as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a busy body in other men's matters, 1 Peter 4:15.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For it is better, if the will of God be so - That is, if God sees it to be necessary for your good that you should suffer, it is better that you should suffer for doing well than for crime. God often sees it to be necessary that his people should suffer. There are effects to be accomplished by affliction which can be secured in no other way; and some of the happiest results on the soul of a Christian, some of the brightest traits of character, are the effect of trials. But it should be our care that our sufferings should not be brought upon us for our own crimes or follies. No man can promote his own highest good by doing wrong, and then enduring the penalty which his sin incurs; and no one should do wrong with any expectation that it may be overruled for his own good. If we are to suffer, let it be by the direct hand of God, and not by any fault of our own. If we suffer then, we shall have the testimony of our own conscience in our favor, and the feeling that we may go to God for support. If we suffer for our faults, in addition to the outward pain of body, we shall endure the severest pangs which man can suffer - those which the guilty mind inflicts on itself.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 17. For it is better — See on 1 Peter 2:19; 1 Peter 2:20.
