The Right Way

1 Peter 3:17-22

New Century Version (NCV)

¹⁷ It is better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong if that is what God wants.¹⁸ Christ himself suffered for sins once. He was not guilty, but he suffered for those who are guilty to bring you to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.¹⁹ And in the spirit he went and preached to the spirits in prison²⁰ who refused to obey God long ago in the time of Noah. God was waiting patiently for them while Noah was building the boat. Only a few people—eight in all—were saved by water.²¹ And that water is like baptism that now saves you—not the washing of dirt from the body, but the promise made to God from a good conscience. And this is because Jesus Christ was raised from the dead.²² Now Jesus has gone into heaven and is at God's right side ruling over angels, authorities, and powers.