1 Peter 3:20

because they formerly did not obey , when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah , while the ark was being prepared , in which a few , that is , eight persons , were brought safely through water .

to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.