1 Peter 3:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;”
1 Peter 3:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Peter 3:19 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Peter 3:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,”
1 Peter 3:19 — World English Bible
1 Peter 3:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison, ”
1 Peter 3:19 — American Standard Version
1 Peter 3:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,”
1 Peter 3:19 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Peter 3:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“in which also going he preached to the spirits [which are] in prison, ”
1 Peter 3:19 — Darby Translation
1 Peter 3:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“By the which hee also went, and preached vnto the spirits that are in prison.”
1 Peter 3:19 — Geneva Bible
1 Peter 3:19 in Context — 1 Peter 3
17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18 For 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:
19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20 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.
21 The 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:
What Does 1 Peter 3:19 Mean?
1 Peter 3:19 is a verse from the Book of 1 Peter, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 Peter chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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