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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. 1 Peter 3:18 Or Spirit
  2. 1 Peter 3:19 Or whom
  3. 1 Peter 3:20 The great flood

18 For Christ also suffered[a] for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you[b] to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,(A) 19 in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, 20 who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight lives, were saved through water.(B)

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  1. 3.18 Other ancient authorities read died
  2. 3.18 Other ancient authorities read us