20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
1 Peter 3:20
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2 Peter 2:4–6
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2 Peter 3:5–7
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1 Clement 7:5–7
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Hebrews 11:6–8
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2 Esdras 3:10–12
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1 Clement 9:3–4
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Genesis 7:12–14
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