1 peter 3:19 greek

apostles, to the Gentiles, as in ( Ephesians in The preacher--Christ Jesus, who has interested himself in the affairs of the church and of the world ever since he was first promised to Adam, Genesis 3:15. Though the patience of God wait long upon sinners, yet it will expire at last; it is beneath the majesty of the great God always to wait upon man in vain. And she feels that security and she needs to feel that security. ) with what precedes, and in which reference is made to the glory of Him who was quickened according to the Spirit. 1P iP i Pet). To the husband, it is the honoring and the loving of his wife. It is the foundation for it; and every one who rests on the blood of Christ is surely a Christian; but I repeat that, both for position before God and intelligent perception and power of soul, we need and have much more. 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. He went - To wit, in the days of Noah. besides, the text says not one word of the delivering of these 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. That does not mean that the like-mindedness we are to strive for is to be a drab uniformity of the sort beloved of bureaucrats. But this was never the case with Jesus. 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. 6. Our faith must be a first-hand discovery and not a second-hand story. Christian forgets his proper dignity. 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. Finally a warning is given as to the importance of suffering according to God's will, committing meanwhile their souls in well-doing to Him as a faithful Creator. c. I mean, it wasn't a --it was a two-way street. I pray that God will always grant to me a tender heart, a heart of compassion. There may have been a judgment, but this is not the judgment. 1 Peter 3:19 (GNTA) and in his spiritual existence he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits. The Syriac here is in Sheol, referring to the abodes of the dead, or the place in which departed spirits are supposed to dwell. This is founded on the very principle of Christianity itself; that is, doing good, suffering for it, and taking it patiently. The meaning is, that the same Spirit which was efficacious in restoring him to life, after he was put to death, was that by which he preached to the spirits in prison. In Greek this had a specialized meaning. The common printed Vulgate is different from all these, and from all the MSS. Peter speaks of them as they were when he wrote; not as they had been, or were at the time when the message was preached to them. How important to be courteous. It just noted that he had gone down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. If a husband became a Christian, he would automatically bring his wife with him into the Church and there would be no problem. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. Were they spirits then, or were they people like others? call "Limbus Patrum", which they suppose is meant by the prison 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. Purple was the favourite colour for clothes. So as Paul wrote to the Corinthian church, I don't need that anyone should write letters of commendation for me because you are my living epistles known and read of all men.Our lifestyle testifies to what we believe. Let this be enough. 1 . I shall discuss these views in the exposition to follow. It has two vivid backgrounds. to save by translating into etc. Jesus went to the cross and died there for your sins. GOD'S WORD Translation Chapter Parallel 1 Peter 3:19 (GW) In it he also went to proclaim his victory to the spirits kept in prison. The legal sacrifices were repeated from day to day, and from year to year; but the sacrifice of Christ, once offered, purgeth away sin, Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 9:26; Hebrews 9:28; Hebrews 10:10; Hebrews 10:12; Hebrews 10:14. This is not only one of the most difficult passages in Peter's letter, it is one of the most difficult in the whole New Testament; and it is also the basis of one of the most difficult articles in the creed, "He descended into Hell." All that is needful is to identify them as the same persons who once had this prospect. Accordingly their land became the possession of the Gentiles; and so it has gone on to this day. 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. WELLINGTON, July 9 We have already seen that in the ancient world women had no part in public life whatsoever; they had nothing to pass their time; for that reason it was sometimes argued that they must be allowed an interest in dress and adornment. We must leave room for all truth. Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. The consequence is that all for ever is made clear and settled for those who believe in God, that our "faith and hope might be" not " in Christ," though it is so, assuredly, but more than this "in God." In his body he suffered the penalty for their sins - death. According to Christian light nothing will do but ability to stand before the glory of God. He had quoted the law in 1 Peter 1:1-25, the prophets in1 Peter 2:1-25; 1 Peter 2:1-25, and now the psalms in 1 Peter 3:1-22. acc-pl-neu. Here it is not merely believing in the Messiah, but believing in "God that raised him up from the dead.". In regard to this doctrine there have always been differing attitudes amongst thinkers. It declares that the Christian man has a new place and standing not in the first Adam at all, but in the Second in the presence of God man without sin, and accepted according to the acceptance of Christ before God. Next follows the salutation, "Grace unto you, and peace," the usual Christian or apostolic style of address. Having been made alive by the Holy Ghost Christ went "In the spirit," that is, in the spiritual form of life, in that part that cannot be put to death, in this way he "entered upon a journey" to accomplish a particular task. Such will be "that day," and of that day Hosea prophesies. But there is another thing to be considered. 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. He in no case desired to do a single thing that was not the will of God. Such labour is no modern thing. But his attitude was such that, you know, I --I just sort of chuckled to myself and said, Well, why not have peace, you know.So don't render "railing for railing". The Psalmist wrote: "In death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who can give thee praise?" When the Christian remembers his dependence on God and keeps before him the standard of Christ, he must remain humble. What brings a man into that peace which resists all efforts from without to take it, all weakness within in giving it up, is the certainty that all is clear with God. "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. prison, and were saved; though these are manifestly distinguished The Old Testament event or person is like the seal; the New Testament event or person is like the impression; the two answer to each other. bondage. Now because I believe in Jesus Christ, I want to obey Him and thus I am baptized as a sign of what has transpired already within my heart. If a man's heart is set on earthly things, possessions, happiness, pleasure, ease and comfort, he is of all men most vulnerable. If Enoch is the person who makes the proclamation to the spirits, then the transition from 3:18 to 3:19 is abrupt in the extreme. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven" ( Matthew 5:11-12 ). Israel must wait; but we do not. If we saw a company of men in prison who had seen better days - a multitude now drunken, and debased, and poor, and riotous - it would not be improper to say that the prospect of wealth and honor was once held out to this ragged and wretched multitude. "We are begotten again," says he, "to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." In this passage we can see how Peter was soaked in the Old Testament; there are two Old Testament foundations for it. It is the grace of the Risen Lord which cleanses us; it is to the Risen, Living Lord that we pledge ourselves; it is to the Risen, Living Lord that we look for strength to keep the pledge that we have given. And Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-seven tells us that the graves of many of the saints were open and they were seen walking in the streets of Jerusalem after His resurrection from the dead. 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. Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition Update. Thus He is in all things glorified through Jesus Christ, "to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever.". More than this, there is full security, spite of our passing through a world filled with hatred and peril, for the Christian above all. 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. It is a quotation from Hosea 2:1-23. It will be observed here that there are two motives to holiness: the first is that He has called us; the next, that we call Him, and this by the sweet and near title of Father. "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." Then comes the general exhortation: "Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, pitiful, lowly-minded: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing." 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. It belongs to the condition in which man is that, being fallen, and yet having a conscience of the good that alas! God is so patient that he waited for 120 years before sending the Flood in Noahs day (Genesis 6:3). Atonement has its own incomparable place. It was inevitable that one marriage partner might be won for Christ, while the other remained untouched by the appeal of the gospel; and such a situation inevitably had difficulties. And when He ascended out of hell, He brought with Him those who had been captive. sense, to the days of Noah, is very unaccountable; this sense As C. E. B. Cranfield puts it: "We got used to hearing on the radio of a thousand-bomber raid as we ate our breakfast. Men may be wooed into the Christian faith when they cannot be bullied into it. "Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind." The" sanctification of the Spirit" here spoken of is absolute. He who was perfect Righteousness willingly suffered for totally unrighteous men. They are going to be judged. Cato the Censor insisted on simplicity; Lucius Valerius answered: "Why should men grudge women their ornaments and their dress? You know you get out and rail at someone, this guy's going to pull a gun at you. He did not mean the mere outward act of baptism. They should also try to avoid all forms of wrongdoing. Understanding and considerateness had forged an unbreakable bond. Not only are they to be set publicly at the head of the nations, but God himself will link His own glory from above with them as His earthly people here below, and nothing but peace, righteousness, and plenty will be found all over the earth in that day of glory. of 1 Peter 2. 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. He led the captives from their captivity. How much we are indebted to the Spirit who now reveals a Christ already come! Not rendering evil for evil or railing for railing but contrariwise blessing knowing that ye are thereunto __ called that ye should inherit a blessing. But there is also the suffering in which we may be involved because of our Christianity. And always as far as the wife, it is subjection to the husband. In His own presence. And then he takes up what is distinctly spiritual power, which should be used not in charity only but with conscience before God, and for His glory through our Lord Jesus. 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. Sep 19, 2015. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Scripture 1 Peter 3 Sort Bible Verse. 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. It is not then a question of wounding; for why should it hurt you, if I see a particular truth and must act according to it? The question was: "Do you accept the terms of this contract, and bind yourself to observe them?" This is the point that Justin Martyr fastened on long ago: "The Lord, the Holy God of Israel, remembered his dead, those sleeping in the earth, and came down to them to tell them the good news of salvation." 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." "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope perfectly," etc. If you suffer for evil doing, you've got it coming. It is granted that, even in connection with spiritual gift in the way of speaking, there is such a thing as the natural ability of the person taken into account; but this is not the gift, though it be the suited vehicle for it. But what will not men believe, provided it be not in the Bible? He had gone and preached unto the spirits, By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison. It is well known that such expressions are often redundant in Greek writers, as in others. The word , spirits, is supposed to render this view of the subject improbable, because this must mean disembodied spirits; but this certainly does not follow, for the spirits of just men made perfect, Hebrews 12:23, certainly means righteous men, and men still in the Church militant; and the Father of spirits, Hebrews 12:9, means men still in the body; and the God of the spirits of all flesh, Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16, means men not in a disembodied state. How does Moffatt arrive at this translation? Why is it that you are not upset over this? The apostle takes particular care to instruct them in the bearing of many of the types that were contained in the Levitical ritual with which they were familiar. 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. He then says, that Christ did not rise only for himself, but that he made known to others the same . 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