1 Peter 4:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“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.”

1 Peter 4:6 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Peter 4:617 words

GreekMeaning

εἰςeis

ToprepositionG1519

τοῦτοtouto

this enddemonstrativeG3778

γὰρgar

indeedwordG1063

καὶkai

evenadverbG2532

νεκροῖςnekrois

to the deadadjectiveG3498

εὐηγγελίσθηeuēngelisthē

it was evangelisedverbG2097

ἵναhina

so thatwordG2443

κριθῶσιkrithōsi

they may be judgedverbG2919

μὲνmen

indeedwordG3303

κατὰkata

according toprepositionG2596

ἀνθρώπουςanthrōpous

mennounG444

σαρκὶsarki

in the fleshnounG4561

ζῶσιzōsi

they may liveverbG2198

δὲde

howeverwordG1161

κατὰkata

according toprepositionG2596

θεὸνtheon

GodnounG2316

πνεύματιpneumati

in the spiritnounG4151

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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