¶ Then shall they put you to trouble, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake:
1 Peter 4:6 - William Tyndale New Testament For unto this purpose verily was the gospel preached unto the dead, that they should be judged after the manner of men in the flesh, but should live godly 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 put you to trouble, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake:
For the law of the spirit, wherein is life thorow Iesus Christ hath delivered me from the law of sin, and death.
unto which prophets it was declared, that not unto themselves, but unto us, they should minister the things which are now shewed unto you, of them which by the holy ghost sent down from heaven, have preached unto you the things which the angels desire to behold.
For as much as Christ hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, for to bring us to God, and was killed, as pertaining to the flesh: but was quickened in the spirit.
¶ In which spirit, he also went and preached unto the spirits that were in prison,
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire, and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, and said: thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the earth: for her grapes are ripe.