1 Peter 3:18

Because Christ indeed once died for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, indeed being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in spirit:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

In Context

17For it is better, doing good, if the will of the Lord should will it, to suffer, rather than doing evil.

19by which also having gone he proclaimed to the spirits in prison;

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Cross References

Matthew 27:19And he sitting on his tribunal, his wife sent to him, saying, Let there be nothing to thee and that just man: for this day I suffered many things in a dream on account of Him.

Acts 3:14And you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and ask that a man who was a murderer should be delivered unto you,

Romans 1:4having been ordained the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, from the resurrection of the dead, of Jesus Christ our Lord:

Romans 5:2through whom we also have access by faith unto this grace in which we stand, and let us rejoice in 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 →

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