1 Peter 4:6
For 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.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
5But they shall give an account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
7But the end of all things is at hand: therefore be of sound mind and sober judgement for prayer.
Cross References
John 5:25Truly, truly, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and those who hear shall live.
Romans 8:9But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.
Galatians 2:19For through the law I am dead to the law, that I might live to God.
Ephesians 2:3Among them we all lived in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, like the others.
1 Peter 3:19In which he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Revelation 14:18And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has power over fire; and cried out with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
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 →