World English Bible
1 Peter 3:18
“Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;”
Verse in context — 1 Peter 3
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having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.
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For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
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Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
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in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
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who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.