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1 Peter 3:19 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 3 · verse 19 · King James Version
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;1 Peter 3:19 · King James Version
1 Peter 3:19 in context
17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18For 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:
19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20Which 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.
21The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
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Key words (Strong's)
- preachedkēryssōto be a herald, to officiate as a herald, to proclaim after the manner of a herald…G2784 →
- spiritspneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- prisonphylakēguard, watch, a watching, keeping watch, to keep watch, persons keeping watch, a guard…G5438 →
- wentporeuōto lead over, carry over, transfer, to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to…G4198 →
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