Lord between His death on the Cross and His resurrection from the tomb in verses 18b-20. Thus Peter encourages these Jewish Christians in their sufferings which they incurred by the doing of good, for Christ’s example made it clear to them that they also would receive blessing and reward for suffering when doing good. The word “for” is the translation of a Greek conjunction which means “because.” The resurrection of Christ and His consequent glorification in view of His suffering for sinners are