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19 In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison,[a]

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  1. 3:19 The spirits in prison: it is not clear just who these spirits are. They may be the spirits of the sinners who died in the flood, or angelic powers, hostile to God, who have been overcome by Christ (cf. 1 Pt 3:22; Gn 6:4; Enoch 6–36, especially 21:6; 2 Enoch 7:1–5).

19 After being made alive,[a] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits(A)

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  1. 1 Peter 3:19 Or but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which also