1Peter:3:17-18

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rwp @1Peter:3:17 @{Better } (\kreitton \). Comparative of \kratus \ as in strkjv @2Peter:2:21 ; strkjv @Hebrews:1:4 |. Patient endurance not only silences calumny (verse 16 |), is Christlike (verse 18 |), but it has a value of its own (verse 17 |). {If the will of God should so will } (\ei theloi to thel ˆma tou theou \). Condition of the fourth class again (\ei--theloi \) with \ei \ and the optative . For a like pleonasm see strkjv @John:7:17 |. {For well-doing than for evil-doing } (\agathopoiountas ˆ kakopoiountas \). Accusative plural agreeing with \hum ƒs \ understood (accusative of general reference with the infinitive \paschein \ (to suffer ) of the participles from \agathopoie “\ (see strkjv @2:15 |) and \kakopoie “\ (Mark:3:4 |, and see strkjv @1Peter:2:14 | for \kakopoios \). rwp @1Peter:3:18 @{Because Christ also died } (\hoti kai Christos apethanen \). Songs:the best MSS .; later ones \epathen \ (suffered ). The example of Christ should stir us to patient endurance . {For sins } (\peri hamarti “n \). "Concerning sins " (not his , but ours , strkjv @1:18 |). \Peri \ (around , concerning ) with \hamartias \ in the regular phrase for the sin offering (Leviticus:5:7 ; strkjv @6:30 |), though \huper hamartias \ does occur (Ezekiel:43:25 |). Songs:in the N .T . we find both \peri hamarti “n \ (Hebrews:5:3 |) and \huper hamarti “n \ (Hebrews:5:1 |). {Once } (\hapax \). Once for all (Hebrews:9:28 |), not once upon a time (\pote \). {The righteous for the unrighteous } (\dikaios huper adik “n \). Literally , "just for unjust " (no articles ). See strkjv @1Peter:2:19 | for the sinlessness of Christ as the one perfect offering for sin . This is what gives Christ 's blood value . He has no sin himself . Some men today fail to perceive this point . {That he might bring us to God } (\hina h ˆm ƒs prosagag ˆi t “i the “i \). Purpose clause with \hina \, with second aorist active subjunctive of \prosag “\ and the dative case \t “i the “i \. The MSS . vary between \h ˆm ƒs \ (us ) and \hum ƒs \ (you ). The verb \prosag “\ means to lead or bring to (Matthew:18:24 |), to approach God (cf . \prosag “g ˆn \ in strkjv @Ephesians:2:18 |), to present us to God on the basis of his atoning death for us , which has opened the way (Romans:3:25 ; strkjv @Hebrews:10:19f |.) {Being put to death in the flesh } (\thanat “theis men sarki \). First aorist passive participle of \thanato “\, old verb (from \thanatos \ death ), to put to death . \Sarki \ is locative case of \sarx \. {But quickened in the spirit } (\z “opoi ˆtheis de pneumati \). First aorist passive participle of \z “opoie “\ rare (Aristotle ) verb (from \z “opoios \ making alive ), to make alive . The participles are not antecedent to \apethanen \, but simultaneous with it . There is no such construction as the participle of subsequent action . The spirit of Christ did not die when his flesh did , but "was endued with new and greater powers of life " (Thayer ). See strkjv @1Corinthians:15:22 | for the use of the verb for the resurrection of the body . But the use of the word \pneumati \ (locative case ) in contrast with \sarki \ starts Peter 's mind off in a long comparison by way of illustration that runs from verses 19-22 |. The following verses have caused more controversy than anything in the Epistle .

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