In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. But if you're cold and aloof; this jerk making a stupid mistake and he's probably going to take off when he has lost everything. Now practical holiness follows our being sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ, whereas the sanctification of the Spirit of which Peter here treats precedes it. "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope perfectly," etc. 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. But as the obscurity of this passage has produced, as usual, various explanations, I shall first disprove what has been brought forward by some, and secondly, we shall seek its genuine and true meaning. See the analysis of the chapter. 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). The one who was perfect died for sinners to bring them to God. The death of Christ upon the Cross, however we explain it, avails to restore the lost relationship between God and man. judgment, which is an eternal one; nor is there any salvation, or There can be nothing without this: impossible to have any holy and permanent blessing for the soul without it; nevertheless this is not what is said. called preaching; and besides, not believers, but unbelievers, You can't do it with words; they have to see the Gospel demonstrated in your life. At any rate the most important part is noticed; and in particular the great social bond, wives and husbands (1 Peter 3:1-22). And the high priest asked them, Acts 5:27 The captain and officers just went to collect the apostles but without any violence. 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." Baptism becomes a beautiful symbol of that. And she's always fishing for "Honey, you're beautiful. This it is that baptism sets forth; and what of course as a sign it brings one into. It is more than a plea; it is an announcement that no man can live the Christian life unless in his personal relationships he is at unity with his fellow-men; and that the Church cannot be truly Christian if there are divisions within it. His sanctification is the effectual work of divine grace, which first separates from the world a person, whether Jew or Gentile, unto God. God may have judged them in this world, but this is not all. Peter now reminded his readers of the consequences of Jesus response to unjustified persecution. 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). 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. Women did not share in the worship of the Greeks and the Romans. Others explain this passage of the apostles, that Christ by their ministry appeared to the dead, that is, to unbelievers. Peter has been speaking about the wicked men who were disobedient and corrupt in the days of Noah; they were ultimately destroyed. This is not the. The coming of Jesus might be misunderstood, as being a much more comprehensive term than His appearing or revelation. ) with what precedes, and in which reference is made to the glory of Him who was quickened according to the Spirit. He went - To wit, in the days of Noah. Are thy wonders known in the darkness, or thy saving help in the land of forgetfulness?" 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. On the supposition, therefore, that this whole passage refers to his preaching to the antediluvians in the time of Noah, and not to the spirits after they were confined in prison, this is language which the apostle would have properly and probably used. When He left the earth, especially as the Crucified, then indeed there was room for faith; and nothing but faith received, appreciated, and enjoyed all. For it was thus in days of old the holy women, who placed their hopes in God, adorned themselves in submission to their husbands. The prophets were constantly saying that the righteousness of God was near at, hand, and His salvation to be revealed. Such is the suited and striking preface with which our apostle commences, contrasting the portion of the believer in Christ with that of the Jew, as it stands in their own sacred books, which we as well as they acknowledge to have divine authority. Peter is, in effect, saying that in baptism God said to the man coming direct from heathenism: "Do you accept the terms of my service? And really, that's what the kid did; Bless you, peace, brother, shalom. Our faith must be a first-hand discovery and not a second-hand story. Such as communion is condemning to the person who doesn't believe. Some wish to eliminate it altogether and attempt to do so along two lines. To this the answer is easy. May 11, 1986. 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. One pound weight of the best Tyrian purple wool, strained twice through, cost 1,000 denarii, 43.50 British pounds. They watch. It may be well to point out that the Spirit is used particularly in connection with Noah, as we find in Genesis 6:1-22: "My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh." This is the more important, because of itself it completely dissipates a thought as common as it is grievous to the Lord, that Christ is the one in whom the love is, and that His task for the most part is to turn away the totally opposite feeling that is in God Himself. (c) Abarim Publications first published on 2017-07-11; last updated on 2022-05-13, free, online interlinear (Greek/English), word by word translation and Greek grammar parsing codes, , translated word by word and with Greek grammar parsing codes, https://www.abarim-publications.com/Interlinear-New-Testament/1-Peter/1-Peter-3-parsed.html, The Passion of the Christ and the Theory of Everything, Stars and fractals: the many hearts of wisdom, How the Bible relates to Homer like Ape to Dog, How circumcision created the modern world, The many Hebrew roots of the Greek language. And he talked of the difficulty of the converting of a Moslem because for a Moslem, it is a capital offense to convert to Christianity. It was not necessary to speak of them precisely as they were at the time when it was delivered, but only in such a way as to identify them. Gospel was preached, and who repented; and though they suffered Bengel speaks of "the labour bestowed on dress which consumes much time." 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. "Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as being lords over God's heritage." 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. It was thus that Sara obeyed Abraham calling him, "Lord." "Whom," says he, "having not seen, ye love." Various forms of pregnant and brachylogical construction (Winer s Grammar, 66, 2; (less fully, Buttmann, 327 (282)); Bernhardy (1829), p. 348f): etc. It is evident that the Lord might come and make Himself visible only to those in whom He is distinctly interested, and who are themselves personally associated with Him; and such, I have no doubt, is the truth of scripture. Such conduct will silence slander and disarm criticism. Unto Christ's obedience and the sprinkling of His blood; for "Jesus Christ" belongs to both these clauses. "When he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously; who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree." 1 Peter 3:9 Aramaic NT: Peshitta. A Christian wife of those times lived in a society where she would be tempted to senseless extravagance and where she might well go in fear of the caprices of her heathen husband; but she must live in selfless service, in goodness and in serene trust. We are to rejoice with those who rejoice and to weep with those who weep ( Romans 12:15). This is, indeed, a more tolerable sense than the former; Nothing is said of preaching in prison, but to the imprisoned spirits not when they were there. Two characters of priesthood are here shown us. He's giving you just one so you can't forget. Undue interest in self-adornment was then, as it still is, a sign that the person who indulged in it had no greater things to occupy her mind. "The opinion which states that Jesus Christ descended into hell, to announce his coming to the ancient patriarchs, and to deliver them from that species of prison, where they had so long waited for him, is incontrovertible; and we (the Catholics) consider it as an article of our faith: but we may doubt whether this be the meaning of St. Peter in this place.". Where? (iii) He must remember that the woman has equal spiritual rights. (4) The Descent Into Hell ( 1 Peter 3:18 b-20;4:6 Continued). Calvin, For the context also leads to this conclusion, that the faithful, who had died before that time, were sharers of the same grace with us: because it enhances the power of His death from this circumstance, that it penetrated even to the dead; while the souls of the righteous obtained an, which they had anxiously expected, on the contrary, it was more plainly revealed, that they are altogether excluded from salvation. "Whose adorning let it not be the outward adorning with the fancy hairstyles, the wearing of gold, putting on of fancy apparel.". (1) THE MARKS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ( 1 Peter 3:8-12 ). (3) The Descent Into Hell ( 1 Peter 3:18 b-20;4:6 Continued). He was put to death in the flesh, but he was raised to life in the Spirit, in which also he went and preached to the spirits who are in prison, the spirits who were once upon a time disobedient, in the time when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built, in which some few--that is, eight souls--were brought in safety through the water. The unbelievers who heard Christs preaching did not obey in the days of Noah (1 Peter 3:20) and are now suffering judgment (they are spirits in prison, v. 19). The text of 1 Pet 3:19-20 is indeed difficult, but not incomprehensible. be tedious to reckon up the several different senses of this This is the important difference here revealed. branch of it, his prophetic office, before he appeared in human But "God did not leave his soul in hell, neither did he allow the Holy One to see corruption," but this same Jesus has God raised from the dead ( Acts 2:27 ). It will be observed that "God's" is inserted in italics. (iii) Third, Peter sets brotherly love. Jesus preached to the souls in prison. The fault is in denying the other and yet more fundamental sense of sanctification here shown by Peter in its right relation to obedience. Under Jewish law a woman was a thing; she was owned by her husband in exactly the same way as he owned his sheep and his goats: on no account could she leave him, although he could dismiss her at any moment. That the Spirit of God did strive with, convict, and reprove the antediluvians, is evident from Genesis 6:3: My Spirit shall not always strive with man, forasmuch as he is flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years. Then Peter reveals that Jesus' sacrificial death was as a substitutethe righteous (Christ) for the unrighteous (us). WELLINGTON, July 9 The speaker should be God's mouthpiece for making His mind known there and then. In point of fact Christ is the life of the believer; and we can well understand, therefore, that the life of Christ, whether viewed in all its perfection in Him, or whether it is seen modified in ourselves, is nevertheless just the same life, in our case hindered alas! gain access to 50+ premium resources to enhance your study of Scripture. And when He ascended out of hell, He brought with Him those who had been captive. Who are referred to by spirits? What is meant by in prison? Was the message brought to them while in the prison, or at some previous period? But there is that which never fails, "the power of God through faith," by which the believer is kept to the end. 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. It is not the universal inheritance of which the apostle Paul treats, so that clearly we have the distinction between his testimony and Paul's very definitely. It may well be that we ought to think of this as a picture painted in terms of poetry rather than a doctrine stated in terms of theology. It just noted that he had gone down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 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, however, no specification of the place where this is; no intimation that it is purgatory - a place where the departed are supposed to undergo purification; no intimation that their condition can be affected by anything that we can do; no intimation that those particularly referred to differ in any sense from the others who are confined in that world; no hint that they can be released by any prayers or sacrifices of ours. In this he takes exactly the same attitude as Paul takes ( 1 Corinthians 7:13-16). Next he shows some of the privileges as well as wants of the Christian. ", Carefully observe that Peter does not say that Christ went to prison and preached to the spirits there. (iv) He lays it down that the work of Christ was to bring us to God. Another ancient MS. in my possession has the words nearly as in the printed copy: In quo et hiis qui in carcere CONCLUSI erant SPIRITUALITER veniens praedicavit; "in which, coming spiritually, he preached to those who were SHUT UP in prison.". Then it is that the trial of the faith of the Christian will be made manifest in glory. The specification in the next verse determines this. The Zealots were the fanatical patriots, who were pledged to liberate their native land by every possible means. Certainly the Jews of old were rarely good subjects. No man escapes suffering, but for the Christian suffering cannot touch the things which matter most of all. speaks of such as had been disobedient, and unbelievers; a This word introduces us to a special way of looking at the Old Testament. For in Christianity, it removes any kind of barriers that exists between people. 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). Peter does not tell the wife to preach or to argue. And so, when they see that they have nothing else than to be bedfellows of men, they begin to beautify themselves and put all their hopes on that. Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures ( 1 Corinthians 15:3). Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. incarnate, he was before Abraham, he was in the days of Noah; and (a) If Christ descended into Hades, then his death was no sham. Peter has just laid down the duty of wives; now he lays down the duty of husbands. He, as it were, held the keys of access. This alone restores the balance; and thus we are taken out of all conceit of our own stability. He has always been a fascinating and mysterious person. 1 Peter 3 is the third chapter of the First Epistle of Peter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. [Note: Fanning, pp. There are few passages where the value of a lovely Christian life is so vividly stressed. "Dost thou work wonders for the dead? He was always moved by the needs of people. Have you heard some of these things that are happening on the road? poreutheis. It was when He who died went to heaven that Christianity appeared in its full force; and accordingly then came out faith in its finest and truest character. This is Christianity. Now you may be baptized by sprinkling, by dunking, by full immersion, and still not be saved. They think it strange when you do not rush to join them in the same flood of profligacy and they abuse you for not doing so. in Do the shades rise up to praise thee? The modern parallel is entering upon full membership of the Church. They, like the fallen angels, were then "spirits in prison." Undoubtedly there was always a secret election of saints after the fall and long before the call of Abraham and his seed; but now the choice of saints was to be made a manifest thing, a testimony before men, though of course not till glory come absolutely perfect. Roman matrons were prohibited from drinking wine, and Egnatius beat his wife to death when he found her doing so. It comes, second, from the fact that the Christian has a new standard of comparison. desiring his coming, and which he, by some gracious it is the submission which is based on the death of pride and the desire to serve. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto a weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered ( 1 Peter 3:7 ). This had nothing at all to do with atonement a supposition which only arises from people closing their eyes to other truths in the Bible, to their own great loss even in the truth they hold. He went, not by a local motion, but by special operation, as God is frequently said to move, Genesis 11:5; Hosea 5:15; Micah 1:3. Just so, Jesus Christ was speaking through Peters readers to their unbelieving persecutors as they bore witness for Him in a hostile world. Those who died in faith went to the place of comfort and were comforted by father Abraham. 3:17-18a For, it is better to suffer for doing right, if that should be the will of God, than to suffer for doing wrong. And it becomes a beautiful symbol.But if it has not happened in my heart, it cannot happen by the ritual. Far better is it, then, to be "kept by the power of God through faith." Will the dust praise thee? Start your free trial today! But there is also the suffering in which we may be involved because of our Christianity. Struma Nonius had a ring valued at 21,250 British pounds. I definitely believe in water baptism and I personally believe in water baptism by full immersion. "In which" refers back to the spiritual sphere of life in which Jesus Christ now lives (1 Peter 3:18). If it speaks of the duties of slaves, it speaks also of the obligations of masters. Finally [addressing now both], be of one mind, having compassion for one another, love as brethren, be pitiful ( 1 Peter 3:8 ). 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. (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. I have every confidence of that. The word we have translated an ardent lover is zelotes ( G2207) ; which is often translated Zealot. Before God we bow down in praise and adoration; before the world we are conscious of the glory grace has given us.
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