It is easy to understand suffering which results from doing wrong, but to suffer for doing right seems unfair. Yet Peter warns us that this could happen. Christ is our example of suffering in righteousness. “For Christ has also suffered for sins” (1 Pet. 3:18). He was without sin,yet He paid the price for all those who had no righteousness. He was an innocent man who sacrificed His life for the guilty. Therefore, we should not be surprised when we suffer. “Fiery trials” refers to the ordeals that purify us and make us more familiar with what Christ endured.