wrong, but (as Christ’s example proves) to suffer for doing right, if God should will it so, brings glory. The argument is awkwardly arranged, but the points which interest us can be easily disentangled. First, does the maltreatment envisaged in 3:13–17 take the form of judicial prosecution and condemnation? Some of the language used at first sight supports this: both ‘make a defence’ and ‘call to account’ seem to imply legal proceedings (though before what kind of court is not clear). But they do