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
By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison;
John 5:25
Verily, verily, I say to you, The hour is coming, 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, hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Galatians 2:19
For I through the law am dead to the law, that I may live to God.
Galatians 5:25
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom also we all had our manner of life 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 others.
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers 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 vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.