And, St. Peter continues>>>>
“Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: by which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison; which once were disobedient, when once the long suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was in preparation, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water… 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.”
Dead= ?
Disobedient= ?
Live= ?
being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit
Physical death .... can one be physically dead and physically alive at the same time? No
Can one be alive and spiritually dead? Yes
If one is disobedient are they physically or spiritually dead? spiritually
Dead or alive?
Revelation 3:1
"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: 'I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.
Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
Ephesians 2:5
even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Colossians 2:13
When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,
Romans 8:6
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,
Romans 8:10
If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
John 5:25
"Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
Luke 15:24
for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.
Luke 15:32
'But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.'"
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.
Romans 7:10
and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;
Jeremiah 21:8
"You shall also say to this people, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
Romans 7:9
I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;