¹⁹ by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, ²⁰ who formerly were disobedient, ^[a]when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

⁶ For this reason ^(A)the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but ^(B)live according to God in the spirit.