1 Peter 4:6 - Common English BibleIndeed, 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. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769For 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. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic EditionFor 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. See the chapterAmerican 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. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionFor 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. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionFor, 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. See the chapter |