Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

To them

1 Peter 3:19
in which he also went and preached unto the imprisoned spirits,
John 5:25
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour shall come, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live.

But

Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ, Jesus, has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Galatians 2:19
For through the law I am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Galatians 5:25
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:3
among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind and were by nature the children of wrath, even as all the others.
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were foolish in another time, rebellious, deceived, serving diverse lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Revelation 14:18
And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.