17 For (A)it is better, (B)if [a]God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. 18 For (C)Christ also [b]suffered for sins (D)once for all time, the just for the unjust, so that He might (E)bring us to God, having been put to death (F)in the flesh, but made alive (G)in the [c]spirit; 19 in [d]which He also went and made proclamation to the spirits in prison,

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  1. 1 Peter 3:17 Lit the will of God
  2. 1 Peter 3:18 One early ms died
  3. 1 Peter 3:18 Or Spirit
  4. 1 Peter 3:19 Or whom

17 For it is better, if it is God’s will,(A) to suffer for doing good(B) than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once(C) for sins,(D) the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.(E) He was put to death in the body(F) but made alive in the Spirit.(G) 19 After being made alive,[a] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits(H)

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  1. 1 Peter 3:19 Or but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which also