1 Peter 4:6

For vnto this purpose veryly was the Gospel peached also vnto ye dead, that they shoulde be iudged lyke other men in the fleshe, but should lyue before God in the spirite.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

In Context

5Whiche shall geue accomptes to hym that is redy to iudge quicke and dead.

7The ende of all thynges is at hande. Be ye therefore sober, and watche vnto prayer.

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Cross References

Romans 8:9But ye are not in the fleshe, but in the spirite, yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you. If any man haue not the spirite of Christe, the same is none of his.

Galatians 2:19For I, through the lawe, am dead to the lawe, that I myght lyue vnto God: I am crucified with Christe.

1 Peter 3:19In which spirite, he also went & preached vnto the spirites that were in pryson,

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:5-7

Comfort of the Servants of God. ( a. d. 66.) 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. I. Here you have the visible change wrought in those who in the foregoing verse were represented as having been in… Read the whole commentary →

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