1Pe 3:19 | CPDV | STEP | And in the Spirit, he preached to those who were in prison, going to those souls

‏ 1 Peter 3:19

19 And in the Spirit, he preached to those who were in prison, going to those souls ^{▼▼3:19This is one of the well-known references to Purgatory in Scripture.(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼3:19 Spirits that were in prison: See here a proof of a third place, or middle state of souls: for these spirits in prison, to whom Christ went to preach, after his death, were not in heaven; nor yet in the hell of the damned: because heaven is no prison: and Christ did not go to preach to the damned.(Challoner)}