18 Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
18 for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, [the] just for [the] unjustD9274, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in [the]D9275 Spirit,
unjust - 'Just' is singular, 'unjust' plural. There is no article in either case. It is not 'the just' par excellence, as Acts 3.14. [the] - The article being left out, it is characteristic, in contrast with 'in flesh.' Both flesh and spirit are the manner and character of what is predicated of Christ. We could say 'present in spirit,' 'fervent in spirit,' because it is characteristic. but 'made alive in spirit' conveys to the English mind the idea of an accomplished fact. It cannot be simply characteristic. In Greek, on the other hand, although conveying a fact, it has a characteristic significance. The sense given here is right.
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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