⁴ They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.^{(A) 5} But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.^{(B) 6} For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead,^(C) so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.