1 Peter 3:18
also because Christ suffered once for sin—righteous for unrighteous—that He might lead us to God, indeed having been put to death in the flesh, but having been made alive in the Spirit,
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17for if the will of God wills it, [it is] better to suffer doing good, than doing evil;
19by which, having gone, He also preached to the spirits in prison,
Cross References
Numbers 7:15one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;
Daniel 9:26And after the sixty-two periods of seven, Messiah is cut off, but not for Himself, and the people of the leader who is coming destroy the city and the holy place; and its end [is] with a flood, and until the end [is] war, [and] desolations [are] determined.
Matthew 27:19And as he is sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Nothing—to you and to that Righteous One, for I suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”
Acts 3:14and you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and desired a man—a murderer—to be granted to you,
Romans 1:4who is marked out [as the] Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the resurrection from the dead—Jesus Christ our Lord;
Romans 5:2through whom also we have the access by faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory 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 →