Peter makes a statement that is puzzling. He writes, “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” (1 Peter 4:6).
The people he is speaking about are those who lived during Noah’s time (see verses 3:19-20). They were judged in the flesh by drowning in the flood. But for reasons I do not yet understand, they apparently were given the opportunity to hear Christ teach and some seemed to have been made alive in the Spirit.
It is an interesting verse to ponder and/or discuss.
