Just so, Jesus Christ was speaking through Peters readers to their unbelieving persecutors as they bore witness for Him in a hostile world. But this poor young kid didn't know what happened, you know. It takes them awhile; it takes longer as the years go by. Nevertheless obedience abides the principle of the Christian. Some interpreters believe that the incident involving the sons of God and the daughters of men (Genesis 6:1-4) is what Peter had in view here. It doesn't hurt, but it pays big dividends. The technical word for that question and answer clause is eperotema ( G1906) in Greek, stipulatio in Latin. But you need never be afraid of trusting God or His word. And she feels secure so she has to challenge everything that you do, everything that you say.So these are basic simple rules. preached to the spirits -- The [best] interpretation understands spirits (Gk. All this time they are not a people; they are dependent on the will of their Gentile masters. As Christians, we are under a far more searching principle, namely, the grace of God (Romans 6:1-23), which assuredly ought to produce far better and more fruitful results. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. The fault is in denying the other and yet more fundamental sense of sanctification here shown by Peter in its right relation to obedience. The speaker should be God's mouthpiece for making His mind known there and then. Alas! Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. There is everything, as we have seen, to give not only faith and hope their full place, but also love. The reason or meritorious cause of Christ's suffering was the sins of men: Christ suffered for sins. . But I do believe that water baptism by full immersion is only a symbol of the work of the Spirit that has transpired within my heart. and patriarchs, under the former dispensation: others think the If he, though perfectly just, why should not we, who are all criminals? The very point of Christianity is this, that as to election it is personal strictly individual. Some of the most beautiful people in the world, that beautiful inner beauty; you love to be around them because there's just such a beauty that comes forth from their lives. The consequence would be that much of the exercise of spiritual affection which humbles the soul, a vast deal which renders needful the gracious present care of the Lord Jesus as advocate and priest on high, would be of necessity left out. Peter does not tell the wife to preach or to argue. And it would have been easy to have railed back but the poor woman is mentally disturbed. 1 PETER 3 Parallel KJVand Greek Bible (New Testament) 1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. A marriage in which all the privileges are on one side and all the obligations on the other is bound to be imperfect with every chance of failure. This is precisely what those who contend against the truth of election always feel most: they will allow a sort of body in a general way to be elect, and then that the individuals who compose that body must be brought in, as it were, conditionally, according to their good conduct. Isaiah writes: "For Sheol cannot thank thee, death cannot praise thee; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for thy faithfulness" ( Isaiah 38:18). You remember when Peter was arrested for the preaching of the Gospel and they beat him and told him not to preach anymore in the name of Jesus Christ? That is, the holiness of the Christian is fuller, and deeper than that of the Jew. The name of Enoch does not appear in any Greek manuscript. Peter offers hope to persecuted Christians and guides. "Baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh . spirits that were then in it when he preached, but to persons On the other hand, if he gives to Jesus Christ the unique place in his life, the most precious thing for him is his relationship to God and nothing can take that from him. (Psalms 40:1-17; Hebrews 10:1-39) Thus He goes in peaceful triumph into the presence of God, establishing our faith and hope in God, and not merely in Himself. by all sorts of circumstances, and above all by the evil of our old nature that surrounds it, in Him, as we know, absolutely perfect and without mixture. Wives and Husbands. And more people are brought to Christ by the observing of the Christian life as you live it, than are converted through just someone laying the four spiritual laws on them.We were talking with a missionary who is in the Philippines and has a ministry basically to the Moslems. (Although it involves the use of Greek some readers may be, interested to see how Rendel Harris arrived at this famous, emendation. To him be the glory and the might for the ages of the ages. She had no kind of independent existence and no kind of mind of her own, and her husband could divorce her almost at caprice, so long as he returned her dowry. Because of their "former" disobedience, they are presently "in prison.". Because the more cold and aloof you are, the less secure she feels. . The function of the High Priest, and Jesus Christ is the perfect High Priest, is to offer sacrifice for sins ( Hebrews 5:1; Hebrews 5:3). If he suffered, to expiate sins, why should not we be content when our sufferings are only for trial and correction, but not for expiation? May 11, 1986. As we know, from that day to this there has never been a real recovery, but only the return of a remnant for special purposes for a season. So man fell into sin; as the result, lost fellowship with God. We have already said that we are here face to face with one of the most difficult passages, not only in Peter's letter, but in the whole New Testament; and, if we are to grasp what it means, we must follow Peter's own advice and gird up the loins of our mind to study it. As it is said in Ephesians: He has chosen us, not the church, but ourselves individually. Gentiles, in the times of the apostles: add to which, that the Hairbands, pins and combs were made of ivory, and boxwood, and tortoiseshell; and sometimes of gold, studded with gems. I consider them both to stand in manifest contrast with the same two elements under the law in Exodus 24:1-18, which appears to be in view. Now, I need not tell you, things are in a certain measure of confusion. They will be the greatest people on the face of the earth, and all the Gentiles shall own it. There is tupos ( G5179) , type, which means a seal, and there is antitupos ( G499) , antitype, which means the impression of the seal. Mediator, in his divine nature, and by his Spirit discharged that But the lower obedience is absorbed by the higher one when they come into collision; and this is the only seeming exception. On reflection it will be evident that there is no instance so suitable as this for the argument in hand so few saved and so many perishing. So when He said, "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church" ( Ephesians 5:25 ), He knew that a woman's greatest need was that of knowing that she is loved supremely by her husband. II. It would then be implied here, that though the instrumentality of Noah was employed, yet that it was done not by the Holy Spirit, but by him who afterward became incarnate. They could see how gross, dark, and dissolute these Pagan governors were; and in such circumstances one needs the distinct sense of God's will to abide in the duty of obedience. Because of what they did in the times of Noah, leaving their own habitation, giving themselves over to fornication and going after "strange flesh", after the daughters of men. 3. We have seen that the attempt at the elimination of this passage fails. They would rather have placed the sprinkling of the blood first, and obedience next. 19 In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were in prison . And "he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to his own soul, not discerning the Lord's body" ( 1 Corinthians 11:29 ). Had there been only one coming of Christ, then the accomplishment that we have now, and the fulfilment of the prophecies that. We have already mentioned these angels. Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content. And the high priest asked them, Acts 5:27 The captain and officers just went to collect the apostles but without any violence. 19By which also Peter added this, that we might know that the vivifying power of the Spirit of which he spoke, was not only put forth as to Christ himself, but is also poured forth with regard to us, as Paul shews in Romans 5:5. This is not the. The idea of the New Testament is not that Jesus descended into hell but that he descended into Hades. Peter turns to the domestic problems which Christianity inevitably produced. It only makes confusion in jumbling up law and gospel, to the detriment of both, and indeed to the destruction of all the beauty and force of truth. The simple fact is that love of God and love of man go hand in hand; the one cannot exist without the other. Such is the path of trial through which the believer goes forward, putting to the proof the faith which God has given him:" That the trial of your faith" (not of flesh as under the law) "being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.". 1 Peter 2. This ought to be the spring of all our confidence, even in God Himself, with His own power preserving us. Let him meet criticism with a life which is beyond reproach. We do not wait for times and seasons. It is not to be explained in terms of a swoon on the Cross, or anything like that. 1 Peter 3:19 Context Crossref Comment Greek Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits New Living Translation So he went and preached to the spirits in prison English Standard Version in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, Some of those addressed were domestics, whether or not they were slaves. And here it is well to observe, as an important fact to be recognised, that salvation in Peter's epistle looks onward to the future, where it is not otherwise qualified. The Example Of The Work Of Christ ( 1 Peter 3:17-18 a). You can easily judge whether that day is come now. In other words, if we think of firmness, as well as the sense of belonging to heaven, a bright triumphant consciousness of glory, surely we must enter into and enjoy the precious truth of our union with Christ. the covenants of promise, and destitute of the hope of salvation, Some advocates of this view say this took place in hell between His crucifixion and His resurrection. The plain and easy It would better be translated "full of pity." carries on the same idea, of not exacting too rigid accounts, as on 1 peter 3:6 ; , , When the suffering is part of the human situation, it still cannot despoil him of the most precious things in life. So when He died, He descended into hell. But if the word prison be preferred, it would not be unsuitable; for, as while they lived, the Law, according to Paul, (Galatians 3:23,) was a sort of prison in which they were kept; so after death they must have felt the same desire for Christ; for the spirit of liberty had not as yet been fully given. 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