Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
It was by the Holy Spirit that He went to preach [See Eph. 2:17] to the [now departed] spirits [of pre-Flood people who are now] in prison [i.e., Hades].
New American Standard Bible
in
King James Version
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Holman Bible
In that state
International Standard Version
in which he went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits
A Conservative Version
in which also, having gone, he preached to the spirits in prison
American Standard Version
in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,
Amplified
in which He also went and preached to the spirits now in prison,
Anderson New Testament
in which- also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Bible in Basic English
By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those
Common New Testament
in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Daniel Mace New Testament
by which he went with guardian spirits to preach to
Darby Translation
in which also going he preached to the spirits which are in prison,
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
By which, also, he made proclamation to the spirits in prison,
Godbey New Testament
by which also having gone he proclaimed to the spirits in prison;
Goodspeed New Testament
In it Enoch went and preached even to those spirits that were in prison,
John Wesley New Testament
but raised to life by the spirit, By which likewise he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Julia Smith Translation
In which also having gone, he proclaimed to the spirits in prison;
King James 2000
By whom also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Lexham Expanded Bible
in which also he went [and] proclaimed to the spirits in prison,
Modern King James verseion
in which also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In which spirit, he also went and preached unto the spirits that were in prison,
Moffatt New Testament
(It was in the Spirit that Enoch also went and preached to the imprisoned spirits
Montgomery New Testament
(It was in spirit that he went and preached the Word to the spirits who were in prison,
NET Bible
In it he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
New Heart English Bible
in which he also went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison,
Noyes New Testament
in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Sawyer New Testament
in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
The Emphasized Bible
In which, even unto the spirits in prison, he went and proclaimed, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
by which also he went and preached to those spirits imprisoned;
Twentieth Century New Testament
And it was then that he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits,
Webster
By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison;
Weymouth New Testament
in which He also went and proclaimed His Message to the spirits that were in prison,
Williams New Testament
in which He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
World English Bible
in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Worrell New Testament
in Whom, also, going, He preached to the spirits in prison,
Worsley New Testament
by which also He went and preached to the spirits now in prison;
Youngs Literal Translation
in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,
Themes
Antediluvians » Noah preaches to
the Deluge » The wicked warned of
Hell » Disembodied spirits » Jesus visited
Leaders » Support of unfaithful » Affliction of
Ministers » Work of preaching » Examples of
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 3:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Suffer For Doing What Is Good
18 For Christ suffered once for people's sins [to be forgiven]. [It was the case of] a righteous Man suffering for unrighteous people, so that He could bring you [or, "us"] to God [for salvation]. [Though] He [i.e., Jesus] was put to death physically, He was brought back to life by the Holy Spirit [Note: Some translations say "in spirit"]. 19 It was by the Holy Spirit that He went to preach [See Eph. 2:17] to the [now departed] spirits [of pre-Flood people who are now] in prison [i.e., Hades]. 20 These people had disobeyed [Noah's preaching, See II Pet. 2:5] back when God's patience waited [for them to repent, See Gen. 6:3], during the days of Noah, when the ship was being constructed. It was by that means [i.e., the ship floating them to safety through the Flood waters] that a few persons, eight of them, were saved [from destruction] through water.
Cross References
1 Peter 4:6
This is the purpose that the Gospel was preached to those who have died physically [for the faith]: It was so that, even though they had been judged physically [i.e., by suffering death at the hands of men], they could still live spiritually in the presence of God.
1 Peter 1:11-12
They studied [their own prophecies] to learn what, or which, [person or] time the Holy Spirit in them pointed to, in predicting the sufferings of Christ and the glories yet to come.
Revelation 19:10
Then I fell down in front of him to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do that; I am [only] a fellow-servant with you and with your brothers who hold onto the testimony about Jesus. You should worship God. For the testimony about Jesus is the spirit [i.e., the purpose, or source] of prophecy."
Revelation 20:7
And when the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison,