How good it is that Christ suffered for you

1 Peter 3v18 is a great verse to memorise, and perhaps (if you have used Two Ways To Live) you have already learned these amazing words:

"For Christ also suffered once for sins,
the righteous for the unrighteous,
to bring you to God."

There is a time and place to consider this verse in its broader context. In an attempt to do that briefly, let's note that this is part of Peter’s attempt to convince you that “it is better… to suffer for doing good than for doing evil” (v17) – and this argument continues at least as far as 1 Peter 4v6. Future articles will trace this bigger picture in more depth, but let us not miss the tree for the wood!