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 went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits
John 5:25
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

But

Romans 8:2
For the Spirit's law of life in the Messiah Jesus has set me free from the Law of sin and death.
Galatians 2:19
For through the Law I died to the Law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with the Messiah.
Galatians 5:25
Since we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also be guided.
Ephesians 2:3
Indeed, all of us once behaved like them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we were destined for wrath, just like everyone else.
Titus 3:3
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.
Revelation 14:18
From the altar came another angel who had authority over fire. He called out in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, "Swing your sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of grapes from the vine of the earth, because those grapes are ripe."

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