1 Peter 3:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

hath. Omit.

suffered. The texts read "died".

for. concerning. App-104.

sins. App-128.

Just. App-191.

bring. See Acts 16:20.

in the flesh. in flesh. No art. or preposition. Dative case.

quickened. See Romans 4:17.

by the Spirit. in spirit. No preposition. (Dative case), and though the Authorized Version has the art. it is rejected by all the texts. App-101. The reference is to the resurrection body, and the contrast is between His condition when He was put to death and when He rose from the dead.

1 Peter 3:18

18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: