Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Peter 3:20
When the longsuffering of God waited — For an hundred and twenty years; all the time the ark was preparing: during which Noah warned them all to flee from the wrath to come.
When the longsuffering of God waited — For an hundred and twenty years; all the time the ark was preparing: during which Noah warned them all to flee from the wrath to come.
Verse 20. _WHEN ONCE THE LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD WAITED_] In _Pirkey Aboth_, cap. v. 1 Peter 3:2, we have these words: "There were ten generations from Adam to Noah, that the _long-suffering_ of God mig...
WHICH SOMETIME WERE DISOBEDIENT - Which were “once,” or “formerly,” (ποτε pote,) disobedient or rebellious. The language here does not imply that they had ceased to be disobedient, or that they had be...
IV. THE COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS AND SUFFERING CHAPTER 3:10-4:19 _ 1. The comfort in suffering (1 Peter 3:10)_ 2. Few saved as illustrated by Noah's preaching (1 Peter 3:18) 3. The new life i...
Christ Himself suffered injustice at the hands of men, but see how splendid the result! All salvation everywhere in the universe is the result of His suffering and sacrifice, and these have raised Him...
THE SILENT PREACHING OF A LOVELY LIFE (1 Peter 3:1-2)...
;4:1-6 For it is better to suffer for doing right, if that should be the will of God, than to suffer for doing wrong. For Christ also died once and for all for sins, the just for the unjust, that he m...
For Christ also died once and for all for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but he was raised to life in the Spirit, in which also he...
WHEREIN. into (App-104.) which. SOULS. App-110. WERE SAVED. (entered and) were saved. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6....
_which sometime were disobedient_ The words that follow, however, appear to limit the range of the preaching within comparatively narrow boundaries. The "spirits" of whom St Peter speaks were those wh...
ΠΟΤΕ. The days of their disobedience are described as being long past at the time when the tidings was preached to them. ἈΠΕΞΕΔΈΧΕΤΟ is read by nearly all Greek MSS. The reading of the T.R. ἅπαξ ἐξεδ...
1 Peter 3:17 to 1 Peter 4:6. _The blessedness of suffering in the flesh_ The interpretation suggested for this confessedly difficult passage may be best explained by a paraphrase of the whole section...
1 Peter 3:13 to 1 Peter 4:6. GOOD AND EVIL DOING IN RELATION TO SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF HEATHEN, ILLUSTRATED BY THE SUFFERINGS OR CHRIST AND THEIR EFFECTS...
ΆΠΕΙΘΉΣΑΣΙΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΠΕΊΘΈΩ (G544) быть непокорным (_см._ 1 Peter 2:8). ΆΠΕΞΕΔΈΧΕΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΕΚΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G553) честно и охотно терпеливо ждать, дожидаться чего-л. (Ве...
WERE SAVED BY WATER.— Some would translate the words Δι υδατος, _in,_ or _amidst the water;_ others, with our translation, _by water:_ that is, the water, which destroyed the rest of mankind, lifted u...
1 PETER 3:20 THAT AFORETIME WERE DISOBEDIENT, WHEN THE LONGSUFFERING OF GOD WAITED IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, WHILE THE ARK WAS A PREPARING, WHEREIN FEW, THAT IS, EIGHT SOULS, WERE SAVED THROUGH WATER: _Ex...
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. WHEN ONCE THE L...
VERSE 20. WHICH SOMETIME WERE DISOBEDIENT. The antediluvians refused to heed and obey the preaching of Noah. They disregarded his warnings. All this time God bore with them. His long-suffering was ex...
19 Who are these imprisoned spirits ? Are they not the same that Peter mentions in his second epistle (1Pe_2:4) who were thrust down to the gloomy caverns of Tartarus, and the messengers of Jude's epi...
3:20 disobedient, (i-2) Or 'disbelieving.' see John 3:36 and ch. 2.7,8. longsuffering (k-5) _ Makrothumia_ . see Note.f, James 5:7 . saved (l-27) The Greek means 'arrive safe into a place of security...
SOMETIME] RV 'aforetime.' The whole passage clearly means that Christ, as a spirit, preached to certain spirits, who had been disobedient to the end of their earthly life. This preaching took place be...
THE BLESSEDNESS OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE, THOUGH THEY SHOULD SUFFER LIKE CHRIST _B_ (iii). 1 Peter 3:1. Another divinely created ordinance of man is marriage. One of the purposes of Christianity was to teac...
The story about Noah and the flood is in Genesis 6:11-9. Noah was a *righteous man, but the rest of the people at that time were wicked. God decided to destroy the wicked people. He told Noah to build...
In his second letter, Peter says that Noah was a *preacher of right behaviour (2 Peter 2:5). The Holy Spirit spoke through Noah. He warned the people to stop their wicked behaviour. But they would not...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 WIVES AND HUSBANDS v1 You wives must respect and obey your own husbands. Some husbands do not obey God’s word. When they see your good beh...
WHICH SOMETIME WERE DISOBEDIENT. — The absence of the definite article here in the Greek (contrary to St. Peter’s usage in participial sentences — _e.g.,_ 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 1:10;...
CHAPTER 11 THE REWARDS OF SUFFERING FOR WELL-DOING 1 Peter 3:17 THE Apostle comes back to his solemn subject. Why are the righteous called to suffering? The question was perplexing these Asian Chris...
FOLLOWING CHRIST IN BEARING INJUSTICE 1 Peter 3:13 It was said of Archbishop Cranmer that the way to make him a life-long friend was to do him some disservice, and surely these words of the Apostle h...
The marriage relation was then dealt with, and special emphasis was laid on the fact that the true adornment of woman is found in her character rather than in her dress. Husbands are charged to dwell...
CHRIST'S PREACHING IN THE DAYS OF NOAH Christ's suffering included dying for us. Jesus certainly is an example of one who suffered for doing what was right. He was a righteous person suffering for tho...
Which sometime were disobedient, when (n) once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight (o) souls were saved by water. (n) This...
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; (20) Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, where...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
Thus far the Apostle’s words seem to agree together, and with the thread of the argument; but what follows is attended with some difficulty; for he does not mention the faithful here, but only the unb...
After this general exhortation, brief but important to believers, the apostle takes up the relative walk of Christians in a world where on the one hand God watches over all, yet where He permits His o...
WHICH SOMETIME WERE DISOBEDIENT,.... To all the instructions and warnings which God gave them, to all the strivings of his Spirit, and to the ministry of Christ, by Noah; they continued in their profa...
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. Ver. 20. _Which s...
_By which also_ That is, by which Spirit; _he went and preached_ Πορευθεις εκηρυξεν, _having gone, he preached_, namely, in and by Noah, who spake by the Spirit of Christ, (1 Peter 1:11,) and of the F...
WHICH SOMETIME WERE DISOBEDIENT; when they were alive on the earth, and Christ, by Noah, preached to them during the building of the ark. WHEREIN; in the ark. EIGHT SOULS; Noah and his wife, his thr...
The benefits of Christ's work:...
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....
There is similar instruction for wives, for theirs is the subject place, certainly not as slaves to a master, but as joined to their "own husbands," a most-intimate and precious relationship. Because...
_ 1 Peter 3:20 ‘who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which. few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely thr...
14-22 We sanctify God before others, when our conduct invites and encourages them to glorify and honour him. What was the ground and reason of their hope? We should be able to defend our religion wit...
WHICH; which spirits in prison. QUESTION. When were these spirits, to whom Christ preached by Noah, in prison? ANSWER. Then when Peter wrote this Epistle. The Greek participle of the present tense is...
1 Clement Let us turn to every age that has passed, and learn that, from generation to generation, the Lord has granted a place of repentance to all such as would be converted unto Him. Noah preached...
1 Peter 3:20 formerly G4218 disobedient G544 (G5660) when G3753 once G530 Divine G2316 longsuffering G3115 waited G1551
This confirms who these ‘spirits in prison' were. Human beings are never spoken of in this way (as spirits in prison), while 2 Peter 2:4 confirms Peter's interest in the angels who sinned in the time...
THE GROUNDS OF THEIR CONFIDENCE IN THE FACE OF THE POWERS THAT ARE AGAINST THEM (1 PETER 3:18). If we are to understand the significance of the verses that follow it is important that we recognise the...
1 Peter 3:20. AFORETIME DISOBEDIENT. The ‘disobedient' means here again, as in 1 Peter 2:7-8; 1 Peter 3:1 _disbelieving,_ refusing belief and withstanding truth. The clause may describe the ‘spirits'...
WHICH AFORETIME WERE DISOBEDIENT (απειθησασιν ποτε). First aorist active participle of απειθεω (for which verb see 1 Peter 3:20) in the dative plural agreeing with πνευμασιν. These spirits now in p...
ONCE Omit "once....
1 Peter 3:20 The Two Baptisms. I. The salvation of Noah by water. You are familiar with the narrative in Genesis. Peter does not recapitulate the facts, but alludes to them as well known. Eight souls...
CONTENTS: Duties of husbands and wives toward one another. Exhortations to Christian consistency. Christ's vicarious sacrifice. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sara, Abraham. CONCLUSION: Worldl...
1 Peter 3:1. _Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands._ The same words occur in Ephesians 5:22. Col 3:18. The excellence of piety is pleaded here, as the first ornament of a wife. Wisdom conne...
THESE WERE THE SPIRITS. "These _now imprisoned_ were the spirits of those who had not obeyed God, when He waited patiently for them to turn from sin during the days (120 years) that Noah was building...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 3:15. LORD GOD.—Probably better, “Lord Christ.” “To sanctify Christ or God was to count His name as holy above all other names, His fear as the only fear which...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 3:1 LIKEWISE, YE WIVES. St. Peter has spoken of the duties of servants: why does he omit those of masters? There must have been Christian masters in Asia Minor, as is plain from...
Shall we turn now to First Peter chapter three as Peter addresses himself to the wives? This particular section goes back to verse thirteen of chapter two, Submit yourself to every ordinance of man fo...
2 Corinthians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Peter 2:5; 2 Peter 3:15;...
In which [ε ι ς η ν]. Lit., into which. A pregnant construction; into which they were gathered, and in which they were saved. By water [δ ι α]. Rev., through. Some take this as instrumental, by means...