There is no force in that argument, the Christian can reply; for, when the flood came, only a few were saved after all, as is shown by the first book of Moses, their own indisputably inspired history. (1) THE MARKS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ( 1 Peter 3:8-12 ). God takes exact notice of all the means and advantages that people in all ages have had for the salvation of their souls; it is put to the account of the old world that Christ offered them his help, sent his Spirit, gave them fair warning by Noah, and waited a long time for their amendment. The word occurs thirty-eight times in the New Testament in the undoubted sense of a "prison," and not once in that of a place of protection, though twice (Revelation 18:2) it is used in the derived sense of "a cage." Never fear for the honour of the scripture, never shrink from committing yourself to what God says. Purgatory, or the limbus patrum, say the Romanists - a place in which departed souls are supposed to be confined, and in which their final destiny may still be effected by the purifying fires which they endure, by the prayers of the living, or by a message in some way conveyed to their gloomy abodes - in which such sins may be expiated as do not deserve eternal damnation. By Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I suppose, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. All unbelief therefore will be shown plainly to be of the flesh, not of the Spirit, and never excusable. .") 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. The text of 1 Pet 3:19-20 is indeed difficult, but not incomprehensible. Why is it that you are not upset over this? Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they may also without the word be won by the conversation or behavior of the wives ( 1 Peter 3:1 ); Or the lifestyle of the wife. I mean, I was ready to tear him apart. It may be to him a burden or a bore or something which he vaguely desires but the price of which he is not willing to pay in terms of effort. No man escapes suffering, but for the Christian suffering cannot touch the things which matter most of all. It is not a spineless submission that is meant but, as someone has finely put it, a "voluntary selflessness." We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ once and for all ( Hebrews 10:10). God would bring Peters readers safely through their trials just as He had brought Noah safely through his trials into a whole new world. No doubt if a person were at once to be brought into the comfort of full peace with God through the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus, this would suit the heart's sense of its own need. The event of all: Their bodies were drowned, and their spirits cast into hell, which is called a prison (Matthew 5:25; 2 Peter 2:4; 2 Peter 2:5); but Noah and his family, who believed and were obedient, were saved in the ark. In 1Pe 1:3, Peter says, "we are born anew to a living hope thru the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. All this was thoroughly in season; and after it, as we are told, the blindness was taken away, and he was filled with the Holy Ghost. Christianity alone settles all questions. It is not merely certain men, one or two, but "as each man," whatever the number, whether few or many. (ii) Peter goes on to speak about the Christian attitude to suffering. It says that Jesus went and preached to the spirits who are in prison ( 1 Peter 3:19); and it speaks of the gospel being preached to the dead ( 1 Peter 4:6). bodies; and especially that carnal and unconverted men are ever Next follows the salutation, "Grace unto you, and peace," the usual Christian or apostolic style of address. "He that would love life, and see good days,". It is used in the Old Testament of bringing to God those who are to be priests. 1 Peter 3:9 Aramaic NT: Peshitta. If persons take the actual application as the fulfilment of the prophecies, it in fact not only nullifies the future of scripture, but destroys the beauty and point of the present; for what the apostle intimates is, that they had obtained mercy now, though none were yet sown in the earth. There's an important, that the husband recognize the weaknesses of the wife and honor her as a weaker vessel; watching over her, taking care of her, shielding her.As I have said, basically in marriage God has two rules: one for the wife, one for the husband. WELLINGTON, July 9 I definitely believe in water baptism and I personally believe in water baptism by full immersion. Acts 12:20. The Jews had brought His government into contempt by their own rebellion against His name; and Jehovah Himself had found it morally needful to hand over His own nation into the power of their enemies. In what sense does baptism save us? He shows that first of all there was this testimony of that which was not for themselves but for us, beginning of course with the converted Jewish remnant, these Christian Jews who believed the gospel which in principle belongs to us of the Gentiles just as much as to them. ( Song of Solomon 1:1-3; Ephesians 5:22-33) 1 3668 [e] 1 Homois. Keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behaviour in Christ may be put to shame. The issue and event of Christ's suffering, as to himself, were these, he was put to death in his human nature, but he was quickened and raised again by the Spirit. Simply to believe in Christ may make a man quite happy, but it never of itself gives solid unbreakable peace. The precious blood of Christ is another thing altogether; and there alone is efficacy found before God; so also His incorruptible seed revealing Himself is planted in the heart of the saint. It is God's instruction: "You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting" ( Exodus 29:4). It takes them awhile; it takes longer as the years go by. 211.]. The partaking of the bread and the cup, if you --if you don't believe in Jesus Christ, you're actually partaking your own damnation. But against this view there are plain objections drawn from the language of Peter himself: (1) As we have seen, the fair interpretation of the passage quickened by the Spirit, is not that he was kept alive as to his human soul, but that he, after being dead, was made alive by his own divine energy. (i) He lays it down that the work of Christ was unique and never need be repeated. That is, the holiness of the Christian is fuller, and deeper than that of the Jew. Whose adorning [or beauty] let it not be the outward the fancy hairstyles, the wearing of gold, or the putting on of fancy clothes ( 1 Peter 3:2-3 ); I could get in big trouble at this point. Over and over again Paul exhorts men to this unity and prays for it. When one member of the body suffers all the other members suffer with it; and when one member is honoured, all the members rejoice with it ( 1 Corinthians 12:26), and it must be so with Christians, who are the body of Christ. They will be the greatest people on the face of the earth, and all the Gentiles shall own it. He said the spirits of these unbelievers are in prison now (i.e., Sheol) awaiting resurrection and judgment by God (cf. Since He came and showed the perfect pattern, it was less than ever the time to sanction disobedience; it was more than ever unbecoming to shirk the path of suffering. Hell is the place of the punishment of the wicked; Hades was the place where all the dead went. (4) This interpretation accords with the design of the apostle in inculcating the duty of patience and forbearance in trials; in encouraging those whom he addressed to be patient in their persecutions. Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular, Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular, Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. He went to preach to "the spirits in prison." They will have everything at their command, and worthily use all for God. "The just for the unjust,". Sep 19, 2015. He sacrificed himself to restore our lost relationship with God. Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. This was known in Israel, but it could in no wise draw out the affections in the same way as calling Him Father. If that is what he meant, then the figure harmonizes perfectly with Jesus' preaching to the citizens of Nazareth and others of that generation, referring to his message as "a proclamation of release to the captives," that is, the captives in sin (Luke 4:18). The less secure she feels, the more she challenges your decision. in which he went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits. In the believer the evil heart of unbelief is modified necessarily by the fact that, believing on Christ, he has everlasting life. There may be a still more diffusive action of the Holy Ghost when He is shed upon all flesh, not merely as a sample, but to an extent (I do not say depth) beyond what was accomplished on the day of Pentecost. There may have been a judgment, but this is not the judgment. 2. It may appear singular that in this passage Peter should make mention of those who were unbelieving in the days of Noah, and of baptism as the antitype of the water of the deluge; but this may be explained from the circumstance that . II. It is not to be explained in terms of a swoon on the Cross, or anything like that. Therefore the words must be properly understood of the dead. "If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar" ( 1 John 4:20). pneumasin, plural) as referring to the unsaved (human spirits) of Noahs day. And water now saves you, who were symbolically represented in Noah and his company, I mean the water of baptism; and baptism is not merely the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge to God of a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of God, because he went to heaven, after angels and authorities and power had been made subject to him. It hence follows, that we shall not less feel it in vivifying whatever is mortal in us. "Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy." . It is not merely the Christian who is called to this, but this is what Christ was called to. The old man being dead now buried in water and the new life that I now have, the life of the Spirit through Jesus Christ. "If any man speak, [let it be] as oracles of God; if any man minister, [let it be] as of the ability which God giveth." Certainly this mode of speaking would be most unsuitable. They are not yet finished; and they must be punctually fulfilled. Because they were dead and disembodied when the apostle speaks of them, therefore he properly calls them spirits now in prison; not that they were in prison when Christ preached to them, as the vulgar Latin translation and the popish expositors pretend. "A saint," as someone has said, "is someone whose life makes it easier to believe in God. The word rendered prison, ( phulake,) means properly watch, guard - the act of keeping watch, or the guard itself; then watchpost, or station; then a place where anyone is watched or guarded, as a prison; then a watch in the sense of a division of the night, as the morning watch. Amplified: If you are censured and suffer abuse [because you bear] the name of Christ, blessed [are youhappy, fortunate, to be envied, with life-joy, and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of your outward condition], because the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God, is resting upon you. When a man for instance turns to God, when he has faith in Jesus, when he repents towards God, even though it may be faith but little developed or exercised, and although the repentance may be comparatively superficial (yet I am supposing now real faith and repentance through the action of the Holy Ghost), these are the tokens of the Spirit's sanctification. A man may have more than one attitude to goodness. But he triumphed over death. So Herodotus, to these things they spake, saying - for they said. The simplest test of the reality of the Christianity of a man or a Church is whether or not it makes them love their fellow-men. (3.) She's needing this assurance and she fishes for this assurance because she needs the security of knowing that she's loved. However this may have been, it is of all importance for the Christian that he should be established in the place of patient submission; as we see Paul elsewhere taking especial pains to insist that the Christians in Rome should obey, even where they had to do with one of the most abandoned men that had ever governed the empire, persecuting themselves to death a short time after. You are the strong one, give her that strength. As we shall go on to see, this most probably means that in the time between his death and his resurrection Jesus actually preached the gospel in the abode of the dead; that is to say, to those who in their . In law she remained for ever a child. One group of interpreters believes Jesus went to the realm of the dead and preached to Noahs contemporaries between His crucifixion and His resurrection. Sulpicius Gallus dismissed his wife because she had once appeared in the streets without a veil. We can easily comprehend it. Jesus came to open the prison to those that are bound, or to open up Hades to those people who were bound there, who died before Jesus died for our sins. It is implied in the expression, as already remarked, that he did this himself; that it was the Son of God who subsequently became incarnate, and not the Holy Spirit, that did this; though the language is consistent with the supposition that he did it by the instrumentality of another, to wit, Noah. In the Book of Enoch it is said that he was sent down from heaven to announce to these angels their final doom (Enoch 12: 1) and that he proclaimed that for them, because of their sin, there was neither peace nor forgiveness ever (Enoch 12 and 13). Others feel He announced condemnation to the unbelievers. Though the judicious Calmet holds with his Church this opinion, yet he cannot consider the text of St. Peter as a proof of it. in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Our relationships with God can never be right, if our relationships with our fellow-men are wrong. To bring us to God. The sin of these people: They were disobedient, that is, rebellious, unpersuadable, and unbelieving, as the word signifies; this their sin is aggravated from the patience and long-suffering of God (which once waited upon them for 120 years together), while Noah was preparing the ark, and by that, as well as by his preaching, giving them fair warning of what was coming upon them. were in it, to whom he sometimes went, and preached; nor is his If that supposition meets the full force of the language, then no argument can be based on it in proof that he went to preach to them after their death, and while his body was lying in the grave. And water now saves you, who were symbolically represented in Noah and his company, I mean the water of baptism; and baptism is not merely the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge to God of a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of God, because he went to heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been made subject to him. God required no more blood, no more death. There is the attitude of elimination. Least of all can the Jews be said to be sown in the land of Palestine. It seems to me that rather means a watchtower in which watchmen stand for the purpose of watching, or the very act of watching, for it is often so taken by Greek authors; and the meaning would be very appropriate, that godly souls were watching in hope of the salvation promised them, as though they saw it afar off. But and if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled ( 1 Peter 3:13-14 ); He's moving into a new section in which he is going to be talking about suffering, and for the most part suffering wrongfully, suffering for righteousness' sake. 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? One part of the answer is given here in 1Pe 1:3, another part is given in 1Pe 1:23-25. And so it's important that there be a harmony within the house. I will set down his own words: Le sentiment qui veut que Jesus Christ soit descendu aux enfers, pour annoncer sa venue aux anciens patriarches, et pour les tirer de cette espece de prison, ou ils Pattendoient si long tems, est indubitable; et nous le regardons comme un article de notre foi: mais on peut douter que ce soit le sens de Saint Pierre en cet endroit. What were the disciples then? saints, who were (en (iii) He lays it down that that sacrifice was vicarious. 1Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. We have seen how the Jews believed that all the dead went to Hades, the shadowy land of forgetfulness. prison, and were saved; though these are manifestly distinguished and how is it that we can call Him Father? Struma Nonius had a ring valued at 21,250 British pounds. At the time of this epistle, it was in due order. It just noted that he had gone down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. He was a soft touch. Another MS., written about A. D. 1370, is the same as the printed copy. So guilty man cannot but quake, still by scepticism he may reason himself out of his fears, or he can find a religion that soothes and destroys his conscience. His traditions wrap him up in fog. The hour of temptation is near. This is exactly what modern presbyters think they may and ought to do every day of their lives. in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach, They were that wicked race which lived in the days of Noah. The plain and easy ". (b) It has a Greek background. Therefore, "If Christ is said by Paul to go and do, what he did by his apostles, Christ may with equal propriety be said by Peter to go and do what he did by Noah."[33]. Gods saving of Noah and his family by means of the ark illustrates the salvation of believers. Quintilian, the Roman master of oratory, wrote: "A tasteful and magnificent dress, as the Greek poet tells us, lends added dignity to the wearer: but effeminate and luxurious apparel fails to adorn the body, and only reveals the sordidness of the mind." Then it is that the trial of the faith of the Christian will be made manifest in glory. It is a logos ( G3056) that the Christian must give, and a logos ( G3056) is a reasonable and intelligent statement of his position. And this by Christ's work is made good for us, because the very one that became responsible for our sins on the cross is in glory now. And this hippie kid, you know the beard and the whole thing, got out of his van and he looked back at me and just came with a peace sign, you know.You know suddenly I felt real terrible about laying on my horn and the attitude that I had. There are three great conceptions in this passage. Besides that, not only is there holiness in drawing near to God, but royal dignity stamped upon the believer. The Greek more precisely reads, "Now Herod had been very angry with the . knowing that you are thereunto called, that you should inherit a blessing ( 1 Peter 3:9 ). Now this ought to be a great comfort even to the feeblest of God's children, not an alarm. Jesus said, "Blessed are ye," and the word "blessed" is happy; "when men persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Matthew 9:13, but go and learn what that meaneth, etc. "And Enoch walked with God; and he was not; for God took him" ( Genesis 5:24). Here are David's comments on verse 19, lightly adapted for readability: A number of alternative interpretations have been given. You can't do it with words; they have to see the Gospel demonstrated in your life. But what pertinency would there have been in saying that Christ went down to hell, and delivered some sort of a message there, we know not what, to those who are confined there? The Example Of The Work Of Christ ( 1 Peter 3:17-18 a). It was just before that judgment fell on them, and this because they despised the testimony of Christ through Noah. If people are devoted to Christ and are always ready to give others an explanation for their devotion, they will not fear their persecutors (14-15). And the answer, before witnesses was: "Yes." We know that in human relations it is not so. It is exactly what filled Jesus perfectly. Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content. (iii) His defence must be given with reverence. sense best suits here; nor is that anxiety and uneasiness, which Here Peter has certain things to say about this Christian defence. Who are referred to by spirits? 181-83.] The "spirits" here will thus correspond with "in spirit" there. The self-same principle is true in the believer, although of course it is pure grace toward him, whereas it was moral perfectness in Jesus. 1 Peter 3:19 (GNTA) and in his spiritual existence he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits. It may seem strange that Peter's advice to wives is six times as long as that to husbands. You wives who have unbelieving husbands, you're more apt to convert them by your lifestyle than you are by putting tracts in their peanut butter sandwiches. So Peter takes up a passage of Leviticus, and shows that it is strictly true yea, if one can employ such an expression, more true (of course meaning by this more manifestly true) under the Christian than under the Jewish system. Here the New Testament speaks with unmistakable definiteness and with almost frightening directness. Thus, it would be proper to say that Whitefield came to America, and preached to the souls in perdition; or to go among the graves of the first settlers of New Haven, and say, Davenport came from England to preach to the dead men around us.. But still, as far as unbelief does work, it is just so far death in effect. So when He died, He descended into hell. Not at all. This is not by any means the only meaning of blood, even where it was sacrificially employed. While He was here, there was a kind of mingled experience. And big boys don't cry; that is, big boys aren't emotional. It doesn't hurt, but it pays big dividends. Many great scholars have accepted that view; but we do not think it is the view which comes naturally from Peter's words. Such will be "that day," and of that day Hosea prophesies. The suffering of Christ was for us; and the mystery is that he who deserved no suffering bore that suffering for us who deserved to suffer. I have before me one of the first, if not the very first edition of the Latin Bible; and in it the verse stands thus: In quo et hiis, qui in carcere erant, SPIRITUALITER veniens praedicavit; "by which he came spiritually, and preached to them that were in prison.". We do not hear now of the gift of the Spirit. They have to bear in mind first that the flock is God's. We might put it that the Old Testament event symbolically represents and foreshadows the New Testament event. If it speaks of the duty of children, it speaks also of the obligations of parents (compare Ephesians 6:1-9; Colossians 3:20-25; Colossians 4:1). I can understand them, but do not in the least agree with them. "if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts ( 1 Peter 3:14-15 ): Give a special place for God in your life. It is not a question of that; but of a soul quickened by the Spirit through the truth received in ever so simple and limited a manner. In 1 Peter 3:19 he says that Jesus preached to the spirits in prison; and in 1 Peter 4:6 he says that the gospel was preached to them that are dead. It is God's flock; and if a person is charged of the Lord to shepherd His flock, how blessed the trust! This gives room for all the practical working of Christianity. To this the answer is easy. (v) When we go beyond these two verses, further into the passage, we can add two more great truths to Peter's view of the work of Christ. But when he rose again, he rose with a spiritual body, in which he was rid of the necessary weaknesses of humanity and liberated from the necessary limitations of time and space. "I'm running the show and I don't need you and I don't need anybody else. On the other hand, as here, when salvation simply and fully is meant, we are thrown on the revelation of the last time. Various forms of pregnant and brachylogical construction (Winer s Grammar, 66, 2; (less fully, Buttmann, 327 (282)); Bernhardy (1829), p. 348f): etc. Jesus preached to the souls in prison. The saints were chosen "according to the foreknowledge of God the Father;" for it was no question now of a Governor having a nation in whom He might display His wisdom, power, and righteous ways. Through him we have access to God the Father ( Ephesians 2:18). Acts 17:1 (NKJV) 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. He has always been a fascinating and mysterious person. Nor is there any reason to fear that silence in such a case would inflict a real loss on the church of God. Consequently that nation as a display of His government was a thing of the past. You see, God created you in the beginning for fellowship. And before He went away, He had left the promise of His return for them. The fault is in denying the other and yet more fundamental sense of sanctification here shown by Peter in its right relation to obedience. And then he asks, "And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? Whatever the form, God never gives up His righteous government, though there is His grace also. One must exercise and give oneself up to the cultivation of that gift which God has given. See the analysis of the chapter. While this is in full and evident contrast with Judaism, it needs little proof that it is precisely what gives scope for the proper display of Christianity, which could not be seen in its true light if at all till Jesus left the world. (vi) Lastly, and as a climax, Peter sets forgiveness. 1 Peter 3:19 English Standard Version 19 in which[ a] he went and proclaimed[ b] to the spirits in prison, Read full chapter Footnotes 1 Peter 3:19 Or the Spirit, in whom 1 Peter 3:19 Or preached 1 Peter 3:19 in all English translations 1 Peter 2 1 Peter 4 English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. For Christ also died once and for all for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. A cultivated Greek believed that it was the mark of an intelligent man that he was able to give and to receive a logos ( G3056) concerning his actions and belief. In this I, for one, do not believe. It is not that the Jews were not elect as a nation, but therein precisely it is where they stand in contrast with the Christian. The Christian must go through the mental and spiritual toil of thinking out his faith, so that he can tell what he believes and why. The, the definite article. If it were your heritage, you would have certain rights; but the truth is that he who stands in the position of an elder has no small responsibility. The word of God, prayer, the use that we make of the opportunities that His goodness affords us, both public and private, all the means that teach and exercise us in the will of God no doubt contribute to this practical holiness. I'm thinking about a television station locally here. Up to that time membership of Christ, or to be in Christ, was not a fact, and consequently could not be testified to any soul, nor known to the most advanced believer. Others, as the Papists, imagine the sense to be, that Christ, at his death, went in his human soul, into a place they call "Limbus Patrum", which they suppose is meant by the prison here, and delivered the souls of the Old Testament saints and patriarchs from thence, and carried them with him to heaven; but this sense is also false, because, as before observed, not the human soul of Christ, but his divine nature, is designed by the Spirit; nor is there any such place as here feigned, in which the souls of Old Testament saints were, before the death of Christ; for they were in peace and rest, in the kingdom of heaven, in Abraham's bosom, inheriting the promises, and not in a prison; besides, the text says not one word of the delivering of these spirits out of prison, only of Christ's preaching to them: add to all this, and which Beza, with others, observes, the apostle speaks of such as had been disobedient, and unbelievers; a character which will not agree with righteous men, and prophets, and patriarchs, under the former dispensation: others think the words are to be understood of Christ's going to preach, by his apostles, to the Gentiles, as in Ephesians 2:17 who were in a most miserable condition, strangers to the covenants of promise, and destitute of the hope of salvation, and sat in darkness, and the shadow of death, and, as it were, at the gates of hell; were in the bonds of iniquity, and dead in sin, and had been for long time past foolish and disobedient, serving divers lusts and pleasures, to which they were in bondage. 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