Then shall they deliver you to be afflicted, and shall kill you; and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
1 Peter 4:6 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 For to this end was the gospel preached to them that are dead also, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the Spirit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For this is why the good news (the Gospel) was preached [in their lifetime] even to the dead, that though judged in fleshly bodies as men are, they might live in the spirit as God does. American Standard Version (1901) For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. Common English Bible Indeed, this is the reason the good news was also preached to the dead. This happened so that, although they were judged as humans according to human standards, they could live by the Spirit according to divine standards. Catholic Public Domain Version For because of this, the Gospel was also preached to the dead, so that they might be judged, certainly, just like men in the flesh, yet also, so that they might live according to God, in the Spirit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to the dead: that they might be judged indeed according to men, in the flesh; but may live according to God, in the Spirit. |
Then shall they deliver you to be afflicted, and shall kill you; and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath freed me from the law of sin and death.
To whom it was revealed, that not for themselves, but for us they ministered the things which have been now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven: which things angels desire to look into.
For Christ also once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh,
but raised to life by the spirit, By which likewise he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
And another angel from the altar, who had power over fire, cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.