19 In that state[a] He also went and made a proclamation to the spirits(A) in prison[b] 20 who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah(B) while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people[c](C)—were saved through water.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:19 Or In whom, or At that time, or In which
  2. 1 Peter 3:19 Perhaps fallen supernatural beings or angels; 2Pt 2:4; Jd 6
  3. 1 Peter 3:20 Lit souls

and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels(A) who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling.

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