1 Peter 3:18-20
Legacy Standard Bible
18 For (A)Christ also suffered for sins (B)once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, so that He might (C)bring you to God, having been put to death (D)in the flesh, but made alive (E)in the [a]spirit; 19 in [b]which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, 20 who once were disobedient, when the (F)patience of God (G)kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of (H)the ark, in which a few, that is, (I)eight (J)persons, were brought safely through the [c]water.
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- 1 Peter 3:18 Or Spirit
- 1 Peter 3:19 Or whom
- 1 Peter 3:20 The great flood
1 Peter 3:18-20
American Standard Version
18 Because Christ also [a]suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 19 in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison, 20 that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, [b]wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
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- 1 Peter 3:18 Many ancient authorities read died.
- 1 Peter 3:20 Or, into which few, that is, eight souls, were brought safely through water
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