In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of (A)dissipation, and they (B)malign you; but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge (C)the living and the dead. For (D)the gospel has for this purpose been [a]preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:6 I.e. preached in their lifetimes