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In which now they be astonished, in which thing they wonder, for ye run not together into the same confusion of lechery, and blaspheme [blaspheming].

And they shall give reason to him, that is ready to deem the quick and the dead.

For why for this thing it is preached also to dead men, that they be deemed by men in flesh, and that they live by God in spirit.[a]

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  1. 1 Peter 4:6 For why for this thing to dead men it is evangelized also, that they be deemed soothly after men in flesh, but that they live after God in spirit.

They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(A) But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.(B) For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead,(C) so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.

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