1 Peter 3:19

In which he went and preached to the spirits in prison,

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

In Context

18For Christ died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,

20Who long ago were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was prepared, in which a few, that is, eight people, were saved through water.

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Cross References

1 Peter 4:6For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh as men, they might live according to God in the spirit.

Revelation 20:7And when the thousand years have expired, Satan shall be released from his prison,

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:19-21

Christ's Sufferings. ( a. d. 66.) 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. Here, I. The example of Christ is proposed as an argument for… Read the whole commentary →

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