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1 Peter 3:19–20

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19After being made alive,d he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spiritsl—20to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patientlym in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.n In it only a few people, eight in all,o were savedp through water,

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Footnotes

  1. dOr but made alive in the spirit, 19in which also

Cross references

  1. l1 Pe 4:6
  2. mSee Ro 2:4
  3. nGe 6:3, 5, 13, 14
  4. oGe 8:18
  5. pHeb 11:7

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely 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.