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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 4:6Greek 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
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Peter 4:6

Who can be otherwise than perplexed by words so profound as these? He says, The gospel was preached to the dead; and if by the dead we understand persons who have departed from the body, I suppose he must mean those described above as unbelieving in the days of Noah, or certainly all those whom Christ found in hell. What, then, is meant by the words, That they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit? For how can they be judged in…

Augustine · 4th century · Letter 164 (to Evodius), 11
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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