19through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison


In Context

16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

17 It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,

19 through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison

20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,

21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1st Peter 3:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:19In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were in prison:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:19in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:19in which also going he preached to the spirits which are in prison,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:19in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:19By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:19in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:19in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:19By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison;