It may be that God may see it good that we should suffer. If so, it is better that we should suffer for well doing than for evil doing. The Apostle gives a touching motive for this; Christ has suffered for sins once for all: let that suffice; let us suffer only for righteousness. To suffer for sin was His task; He accomplished it, and that forever; put to death as to His life in the flesh, but; quickened according to the power of the divine Spirit.