¹⁸ For Christ also suffered once^(A) for sins,^(B) the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.^(C) He was put to death in the body^(D) but made alive in the Spirit.^{(E) 19} After being made alive,^[a] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits^(F)— ²⁰ to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently^(G) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.^(H) In it only a few people, eight in all,^(I) were saved^(J) through water,

⁵ But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.^{(A) 6} For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead,^(B) 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.