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17 For it is better (if it is the will of God) to suffer for doing good rather than evil.

18 For Christ also has suffered once for sins - the Just for the unjust - so that He might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,

19 by Whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison.

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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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Footnotes

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