Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
being put to death in the flesh: Jesus was put to death as a man so far as human flesh was concerned. "Flesh" denotes the material or substance of a living body (John 2:19). The words "in the flesh" denote something very different about His death. Normally we would speak of Paul’s or Peter’s death as merely being put to death. "In the flesh" is distinguished from a higher nature which Christ possessed over which death had no power.