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1 Peter 3:19–20

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19in which3 he went and qproclaimed4 to the spirits in prison, 20because5 they formerly did not obey, rwhen God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, swhile the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, teight persons, were brought safely through water.

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Footnotes

  1. 3Or the Spirit, in whom
  2. 4Or preached
  3. 5Or when

Cross references

  1. q[See ver. 18 above]
  2. rGen. 6:3, 5, 13, 14
  3. sHeb. 11:7
  4. tGen. 7:1, 7, 23; 8:18; 2 Pet. 2:5

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits—to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

in which he also went and made proclamation to the spirits in prison who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people—were saved through water.

NLTNew Living Translation

So he went and preached to the spirits in prison—those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

in which also he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison,

who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, while an ark was being constructed, in which a few—that is, eight souls—were rescued through water.

KJV 1900King James Version

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