Preaching To The Lost

1 Peter 4:6 (KJV)
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.

I am intrigued by this list of interpretations Albert Barnes provides.

“Many, …understand this of those who are spiritually dead, that is, the Gentiles, …
Others have supposed that it refers to those who had suffered martyrdom in the cause of Christianity;
Others, that it refers to the sinners of the old world … and
Others, that it means that the Saviour went down and preached to those who are dead, in accordance with one of the interpretations given of 1 Peter 3:19.
It seems to me that the most natural and obvious interpretation is to refer it to those who were then dead, to whom the gospel had been preached when living, and who had become true Christians.”

It seems to me that the most obvious understanding is preaching to the lost in the prayer than many of them will, as we did, get saved.

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1 Peter 4:6 (KJV) Preaching To The Lost

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