20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently(A) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.(B) In it only a few people, eight in all,(C) were saved(D) through water,

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20 who formerly were disobedient, [a]when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:20 NU, M when the longsuffering of God waited patiently

if he did not spare the ancient world(A) when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,(B) but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;(C)

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and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;

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