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1 Peter 3:18-20
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 Peter 3:18-20
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
18 For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once [a]for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit,
19 In which He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
20 [The souls of those] who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God’s patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water.(A)
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- 1 Peter 3:18 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
1 Peter 3:18-20
New International Version
1 Peter 3:18-20
New International Version
18 For Christ also suffered once(A) for sins,(B) the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.(C) He was put to death in the body(D) but made alive in the Spirit.(E) 19 After being made alive,[a] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits(F)— 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently(G) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.(H) In it only a few people, eight in all,(I) were saved(J) through water,
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- 1 Peter 3:19 Or but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which also
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