who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
The teaching of 1 Peter 3:18-20 does not in any way support the concept of purgatory, a place in which departed souls are confined until such are in some way given a second chance. To sustain this, and various kindred false doctrines, it is often asserted that the Lord, in death’s wake, made a trip to Hades, and preached to spirits imprisoned with a view to setting them free. There are many problems with this view; some of them are as follows: