1 Peter 3:18

For Christ himself. "Some are saying that our suffering proves that our cause is bad, and that God is displeased with us. This is not true, as you can see from the fact that Christ himself died for us!" Once and for all. Peter emphasized the completeness of God's work in Christ. A good man for bad men. "He is an example of one who suffered for doing good!" In order. "He did this so that by means of his sin-offering, he might lead you to God." Physically. "As the Logos in human form, he died physically, just as all men do!" Spiritually. Johnson says: "Having life in himself, as soon as the body failed through weakness, the power of the indestructible life began to show itself." Christ actually died physically, Christ was actually made alive spiritually (and his body raised from death). He is both the example and the guarantee of our resurrection! In raising Christ from death, God showed his approval of Christ's act of dying for the sins of the world!!!