1 Peter 3:18-20
Revised Standard Version
18 For Christ also died[a] for sins once for all, 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 he went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.
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- 1 Peter 3:18 Other ancient authorities read suffered
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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