The Bible Answers Your Questions - Good News Staff - September 1964

Good News Staff

Question: Some churches say I Peter 4:6 proves there is a purgatory. Will you please explain this verse? Answer: If we understand who "the dead" are and when they heard the Gospel preached it is immediately apparent there is no support for the false doctrine of purgatory in this verse. At the time I Peter was written Christians had been living according to the Gospel they had heard preached (I Pet. 4:1-4). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library