2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# suffered for us
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2023-07-11 18:35:15 +00:00
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The word "us" includes the people Peter was writing to; as he explains how Christ suffered and what Christ accomplished by suffering.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# so that he would bring us to God
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2023-07-11 18:35:15 +00:00
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Peter probably means here that Christ died in order to create a close relationship between us and God.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# He was put to death in the flesh
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2023-07-11 18:35:15 +00:00
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Here "flesh" refers to Christ's body; Christ was physically put to death. Alternate translation: "People put Christ to death physically"
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# he was made alive by the Spirit
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2023-07-11 18:35:15 +00:00
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"the Spirit made him alive" or "he was made alive in the spirit" or "he was made alive with a spiritual body"
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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