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Christ also suffered

1 Peter 3:17-18a (JDV)

1 Peter 3:17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will than for doing evil.
1 Peter 3:18a For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God.

Christ also suffered

Peter had just written that unjust suffering can give believers a chance to witness to their faith in Christ as Lord. Now, he says that it can also give them a chance to demonstrate Christlikeness. By submitting to God’s will and suffering unjustly, we show our connection to Christ, whose unjust suffering brought us back to God.