The Gospel Preached to the Dead

We received a question from M. G. of H., Mich., asking us to explain the passage in I Pet. 4:6. The passage reads as follows: "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". There are, as we would expect, many different in­terpretations of this passage. To them, however, I will not call attention, nor try to refute them. Rather will I directly call the attention of the reader...