1 Peter 3:19 - The Message He went and proclaimed God’s salvation to earlier generations who ended up in the prison of judgment because they wouldn’t listen. You know, even though God waited patiently all the days that Noah built his ship, only a few were saved then, eight to be exact—saved from the water by the water. The waters of baptism do that for you, not by washing away dirt from your skin but by presenting you through Jesus’ resurrection before God with a clear conscience. Jesus has the last word on everything and everyone, from angels to armies. He’s standing right alongside God, and what he says goes. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In which He went and preached to the spirits in prison, American Standard Version (1901) in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison, Common English Bible And it was by the Spirit that he went to preach to the spirits in prison. Catholic Public Domain Version And in the Spirit, he preached to those who were in prison, going to those souls Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were in prison: |