1 Peter 3:17-18

3. The excellence of suffering innocently stated, and illustrated in the suffering and triumph of Christ, 1 Peter 3:17-22.

Better It is infinitely preferable that, if suffering befalls, as it most likely will, it be on account of a godly life rather than for crime. This is an axiom in Christian ethics. If the will Literally, if the will of God should will, (the former being the will itself, the latter the will acting,) that is, for high reasons, for the sake of either themselves or his cause, to place them where suffering would ensue.