1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17For it is better doing well (if such be the will of God) to suffer, than doing ill.
19In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were in prison:
Cross References
Numbers 7:15A little mortar of ten sides of gold full of incense:
Daniel 9:26And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people with their leader that shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation.
Matthew 27:19And as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to 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.
Acts 3:14But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you.
Romans 1:4Who was predestinated the Son of God in power, according to the spirit of sanctification, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead;
Romans 5:2By whom also we have access through faith into this grace, wherein we stand, and glory in the hope of the glory of the sons of God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:17-18
Good Conscience and Good Conversation. ( a. d. 66.) 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. The confession of a Christian's faith cannot credibly be supported but by the two means here specified— a good conscience and a good conversation. conscience is good when it does its office well, when it is… Read the whole commentary →