Thematic Bible: The wicked warned of

and if He did not spare the ancient world of Noah's day, when He brought a flood on those ungodly people (though Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven other people, were saved from it); Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahAntediluviansBefore The Floodevangelists, identity ofMissionaries, Call OfNoahMissionary Work, Examples OfThe DelugeMissionary ExamplesSeven PeopleGod KeepsNot SparingNoah's FloodExamples Of Ungodly MenFloodspreservation

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]. 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.