1 Peter 4:6

for into the-same also to{dead[plural]} it-is-good-message-ized, in-which-place, on-one-hand, they-may-be-judged according-to men to{flesh}; on-the-other-hand, they-may-be-being-alive according-to God to{spirit}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

5the[plural] will-give-off/away word/reason/account to{the having} ready to-judge [the] being-alive[plural] and dead[plural],

7Moreover, the completion of{all} has-become-near. So, be-of-sound-disposition and be-sober/temperate into prayers.

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Cross References

John 5:25Amen, amen I-am-saying to{you} that [an] hour is-being-come and now is-being when the dead will-hearken-to of{the sound} of{the son} of{the God} and the hear[ing] will-be-alive,

Romans 8:9Moreover, you are_not_being in to{flesh}; contrariwise, in to{spirit}, if-even [the] Spirit of{God} is-housing in to{you}; moreover, if someone is_not_having [the] Spirit of{Anointed}, the-same is_not_being of{same}.

Galatians 2:19for I through of{law} die-off/away to{law}, in-which-place I-may-be-alive to{God}.

Ephesians 2:3in to{whom[plural]} also we all are-turned-anew at-what-time in to{the desire-upon-ias} of{the flesh} of{us}, doing the will-effects of{the flesh} and of{the through-minds/thinkings}, and we-have-been-being offsprings to{nature} of{wrath} as also the[plural] remaining.

1 Peter 3:19in to{which} also to{the[plural] spirits} in to{custody[i.e. prison]}, be[ing]-gone, he-proclaims,

Revelation 14:18and another messenger comes-out out of{the sacrifice-place[i.e. altar]}, having authority upon of{the fire}, and sounds to{large cry-out} to{the having} the sickle, the sharp/penetrating, saying, "Dispatch the sickle of{you}, the sharp/penetrating, and pick/gather the bunches/clusters-of-grapes of{the vine} of{the earth}, that the [ripe]bunches-of-grapes of{same} culminate-ize,"

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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