Rm15:12And again Isaiah says,
"The root of Jesse
will come,
even he who arises to rule the Gentiles [nations];
in him will the Gentiles hope." (Isa11:10)
- NIV
1Pet3:18For Christ also suffered
once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God,
being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit [by the Spirit], 19in
[through]
which he went and proclaimed [preached]
to the spirits in prison, 20because
they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah,
while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were
brought safely through water. 21Baptism, which corresponds to this,
now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God
for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ, 22who
has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with
angels, authorities,
and powers having been subjected to him. - ESV
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