18 For Christ also suffered(A) for sins once for all,(B) the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God.(C) He was put to death in the flesh[a](D) but made alive by the Spirit,[b] 19 in which[c] he also went and made proclamation to the spirits(E) in prison 20 who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah(F) while the ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people[d](G)—were saved through water.

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  1. 3:18 Or by the flesh, or in the fleshly realm
  2. 3:18 Or in the spirit, or in the Spirit, or in the spiritual realm
  3. 3:19 Or by whom, or in whom, or at that time
  4. 3:20 Or souls

18 For the Messiah[a] also suffered[b] for sins once for all,
    an innocent person for the guilty,
        so that he could bring you[c] to God.
He was put to death in a mortal body
    but was brought to life by the Spirit,

19 in which he went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits 20 who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah, when God waited patiently while the ark was being built. In it a few, that is, eight persons, were saved by water.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:18 Or Christ
  2. 1 Peter 3:18 Other mss. read died
  3. 1 Peter 3:18 Other mss. read us