They[a] will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead. Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged by human standards[b] in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit by God’s standards[c].

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:5 Literally “who”
  2. 1 Peter 4:6 Literally “according to men”
  3. 1 Peter 4:6 Literally “according to God”