Many years thou didst bear with them, and didst warn them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; yet they would not give ear. Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
1 Peter 3:19 - Revised Standard Version in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
Many years thou didst bear with them, and didst warn them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; yet they would not give ear. Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
saying to the prisoners, ‘Come forth,’ to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’ They shall feed along the ways, on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;
who formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.
For this is why the gospel was preached even to the dead, that though judged in the flesh like men, they might live in the spirit like God.
Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed from his prison