1 Peter 3:19

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • 1 Pet 4:6 : 6 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.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
  • Isa 42:7 : 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 saying to them that are bound, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 searching what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them. 12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
  • Rev 20:7 : 7 And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
  • Neh 9:30 : 30 Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

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  • 78%

    17For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

    18Because Christ also suffered for sins once, 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;

  • 1 Pet 4:5-6
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    5who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.

    6For 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.

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    20that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

    21which also after a true likeness doth now save you, [even] baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

    22who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  • 2 Pet 2:4-6
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    4For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

    5and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

    6and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly;

  • 5which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

  • 2 Pet 3:5-7
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    5For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

    6by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

    7but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

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    11searching what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

    12To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

  • Eph 4:8-9
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    8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

    9(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

  • Acts 3:19-20
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    19Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

    20and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, [even] Jesus:

  • 19But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,

  • Eph 2:1-2
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    1And you [did he make alive], when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

    2wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

  • Jude 1:5-6
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    5Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

    6And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

  • 1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

  • 7Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

  • 3how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,

  • 19And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

  • 1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,

  • 18With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people;

  • 3And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

  • 9and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

  • 5not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

  • 14Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,

  • 3opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, [said he], I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.

  • 15to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

  • 20added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

  • 1 Cor 15:3-4
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    3For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

    4and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;

  • 15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

  • 24who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

  • 7By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

  • 6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

  • 3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • 7wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;

  • 1But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

  • 21For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

  • 12And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness.