Be willing to suffer well in a world that won’t believe.
1 Peter 4:1-6 (ref)
1 Peter 4:1a (up to “ceased from sin”)
1 Peter 3:18
Isaiah 53:10-11
1 Peter 4:1b-2 (start with “for whoever”)
1 Peter 4:3-4
1 Peter 4:5
1 Peter 4:6

even to the dead I the gospel was preached

Question: How could the gospel have been preached to them if Jesus had only recently come?

Answer: Ever since the fall God has given witness to the good news of Jesus and the promise of his coming.

judged I the way people are I in the flesh (line 1)
live I the way God does I in the spirit (line 2 progressive)

Be willing to suffer well in a world that won’t believe.