Good morning. Now the next verse does not say that the following will happen, just that if it does: for it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. Now no one wants to suffer for any reason. Our example, of course, is Christ. For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit. Jesus said not My will but Yours. He did suffer for doing right. In which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water. And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you – not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Of course baptism by itself does not save you – it comes after you are saved. In the days of the early church, baptism was immediately after receiving Jesus as Lord of your life; so it seemed as if they were at the same instance. The old man is dead and buried. So if the devil comes and says look what you did back then, you can say my conscious is clear. I didn't do it - it was that old guy. Father thank You that the reader is walking in Your will. He/she continually does what You want him/her to, and You bless him/her richly every day.