1 Peter 3:18

18 For 1Christ also died for sins 2once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might 3bring us to God, having been put to death 4in the flesh, but made alive 5in the spirit;

1 Peter 3:18 In-Context

16 and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.
17 For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.
18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
19 in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison,
20 who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.

Cross References 5

  • 1. 1 Peter 2:21
  • 2. Hebrews 9:26, 28; Hebrews 10:10
  • 3. Romans 5:2; Ephesians 3:12
  • 4. Colossians 1:22; 1 Peter 4:1
  • 5. 1 Peter 4:6

Footnotes 1

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