1 Peter 3:19
“By which also he went and preached vnto the spirits in prison,”
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1 Peter 3:19 Context
17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that yee suffer for well doing, then for euill doing. 18For Christ also hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust, that he might bring vs to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 19By which also he went and preached vnto the spirits in prison, 20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the dayes of Noah, while the Arke was a preparing: wherein few, that is, eight soules were saued by water. 21The like figure whereunto, euen Baptisme, doth also now saue vs, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answere of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Iesus Christ.
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Other Translations for 1 Peter 3:19
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
- King James Version
in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits {now} in prison,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,
- American Standard Version (1901)
By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those
- Basic English Bible
in which also going he preached to the spirits [which are] in prison,
- Darby Bible
By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison;
- Webster's Bible
in which He also went and proclaimed His Message to the spirits that were in prison,
- Weymouth Bible
in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
- World English Bible
For which thing he cam in spirit, and also to hem that weren closid togidre in prisoun prechide;
- Wycliffe Bible
in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Peter 3:19
3:19 By which Spirit he preached - Through the ministry of Noah. To the spirits in prison - The unholy men before the flood, who were then reserved by the justice of God, as in a prison, till he executed the sentence upon them all; and are now also reserved to the judgment of the great day.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Peter 3:19
1Pe 3:19,20 By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison. The facts stated are (1) That Christ, put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, went and preached. (2) This preaching of Christ in the spirit was to spirits. (3) Those spirits were in prison. The Greek word, "phulake", used for "prison", denotes a place of custody, not a place of punishment. These spirits (4) "at one time were disobedient". This states why they were held in prison. (5) The time of their disobedience is stated. It was while the "longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah".