But there is another thing to be considered. The passage is Isaiah 3:18-24. preached to the spirits -- The [best] interpretation understands spirits (Gk. "What profit is there in my death if I go down to the pit? ", THE SAVING WORK OF CHRIST ( 1 Peter 3:17-22 ; 1 Peter 4:1-6 ). It is as if God had purposely put verse 11 to negative the conclusions which men have drawn from a misunderstanding of verse 10. But, besides this, what a spring is conveyed to the soul by the sense that his life is the life of Jesus in resurrection. Were this felt adequately, would it not hinder a great many from speaking? Nothing is said of preaching in prison, but to the imprisoned spirits not when they were there. Next follows the salutation, "Grace unto you, and peace," the usual Christian or apostolic style of address. First he is surrounded by an evil world, but, besides, he has not lost in fact something nearer that is quite as bad as what is in the world. And this is fortified, singular to say, (but confirming what has been already remarked) by the Psalms. There may have been a judgment, but this is not the judgment. We may put it this way. Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. But besides this, the gospel, instead of putting a man under blood as a threat or imprecation of death in case of failure, the awful sign of his doom before his eyes if he disobeyed, puts him under the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus, which assures him of plenary forgiveness. The doctrine of the descent into Hades conserves the precious truth that no man who ever lived is left without a sight of Christ and without the offer of the salvation of God. It hence follows, that we shall not less feel it in vivifying whatever is mortal in us. In that chapter we have Israel agreeing to do whatever the law demanded, and thereupon the blood of certain victims is taken and sprinkled on the people, as well as on the book that bound them. There is another sense of salvation, and our apostle, as we shall shortly find, does not in anywise ignore it; but then he qualifies the term. A click on the Greek will lead you to the corresponding article in Abarim Publications's online Biblical Greek Dictionary 1 Peter 3:1 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; likewise adverb the def art nom-pl-fem 1 Likewise. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, Many great scholars have accepted that view; but we do not think it is the view which comes naturally from Peter's words. Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted. 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. 181-83.] God puts us to the proof; and, undoubtedly, if there be unbelief working, we must eat the bitter fruit of our own ways. Now, there are some women who are outstanding artists, and they can paint a beautiful face. All this time they are not a people; they are dependent on the will of their Gentile masters. They were tempted by the beauty of mortal women; they came to earth, seduced them and begat children; and because of their action, it is inferred, the wickedness of man was great and his thoughts were always evil. He thinks they are his congregation, and they think so too. So when He died, He descended into hell. 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? The meaning is that there is nothing in earth and heaven outside the empire of Christ. Noah faced the same type of opposition in his day that Peters original readers did in theirs and we do in ours. It is a great mistake to suppose that the blood there is used as a sign of the putting away of sin. Here it is not merely believing in the Messiah, but believing in "God that raised him up from the dead.". It was partly sight and partly faith; but when He went away, it was altogether faith, and nothing but faith. Do you accept its privileges and promises, and do you undertake its responsibilities and its demands?" What he refers to is the loss of their title to be the people of God, which Israel sustained at the time of the Babylonish captivity. Our faith must be a first-hand discovery and not a second-hand story. (i) Right in the forefront he sets Christian unity. The New Testament is completely sure that on the Cross something happened which never needs to happen again and that in that happening sin is finally defeated. Those addressed from among the Jews were among the chosen ones, "elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.". Such was, unhindered by imperfection, the obedience of Jesus. A man under the law never fulfils the law: the man who is under grace is the one that does, and the only one; for the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in those "who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." In our case it is all through Jesus. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven" ( Matthew 5:11-12 ). The Jews had a very shadowy conception of life beyond the grave. The Zealots were the fanatical patriots, who were pledged to liberate their native land by every possible means. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. What a place for the Christian! There is at least one passage in the Old Testament which lists the various items of female adornment and threatens the day of judgment in which they will be destroyed. Therefore, he is completely secure. The name of Enoch does not appear in any Greek manuscript. Christianity alone settles all questions. Such as communion is condemning to the person who doesn't believe. "If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth." Scripture: 1 Peter 3:1-6. . But here the apostle speaks of none of these things, but only of the Spirit separating the saints to obey as Jesus obeyed, and to be sprinkled with His blood. "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. 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." 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. That, of course, we call hypocrisy and that has been the bane and the curse of the church. 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. It will be observed that "God's" is inserted in italics. 3:15b-16 Always be prepared to make your defence to anyone who calls you to account concerning the hope that is in you; but do so with gentleness and reverence. This is notorious to every one even to themselves. 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. "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren," for this is the sure effect "see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently." One could say that Jesus proclaimed a message to Noahs unbelieving contemporaries in His spirit (i.e., His spiritual state of life before the Incarnation) through Noah. We must first note that this phrase is very misleading. Let it be observed here that ministry is distinguished from speaking. In the world of the Greeks and the Romans it is interesting to collect the references to personal adornments. He is righteous; He is jealous of His house; but if this be serious for His own, where shall the sinner appear? Least of all can the Jews be said to be sown in the land of Palestine. "For for this cause was the gospel preached to the dead also, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit." "Do good to those who despitefully use you" ( Matthew 5:44 ). It speaks of the descent into Hades and the very word descent suggests a three-storey universe in which heaven is localized above the sky and Hades beneath the earth. ", 1 Peter 2:1-25. Thirdly, it seems very strange, that Peter, speaking of the apostles, should immediately, as though forgetting himself, go back to the time of Noah. [Note: See Allen P. Ross, Creation and Blessing, pp. "The church," as such, does not come in till the end of the first chapter. 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. "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" were in it, to whom he sometimes went, and preached; nor is his We have already noted the woman's total lack of rights then and quoted Cato's statement of the rights of the husband. They should also try to avoid all forms of wrongdoing. There we have not merely the blessed Saviour who in unspeakable love comes down and attracts the heart, and searches the conscience, but He settles all for us with God by redemption. This passage, therefore, cannot be adduced to support the Roman Catholic doctrine of purgatory, because: (1)The essential ideas which enter into the doctrine of purgatory are not to be found in the word used here; (2)There is no evidence in the fair interpretation of the passage that any message is borne to them while in prison; (3)There is not the slightest hint that they can be released by any prayers or offerings of those who dwell on the earth. (4.) God has raised Him from the dead and given Him glory. It is one of the tragedies of the modern situation that there are so many Church members who, if they were asked what they believe, could not tell, and who, if they were asked why they believe it, would be equally helpless. There we have not union with the Head, but "the heavenly calling;" and substantially the latter line of truth is that which we have in 1 Peter. Now that word has changed in the usage, too. There is another possibility, namely, that the whole antediluvian world to whom the preaching was directed were said by Peter in this passage to have been "in prison" at the time of the preaching of Noah. As time went on, there emerged the idea of stages and divisions in this shadowland. 1 Peter 3:19 (GNTA) and in his spiritual existence he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits. "Whose adorning let it not be the outward adorning with the fancy hairstyles, the wearing of gold, putting on of fancy apparel.". What they were here directed to was to "feed the flock of God." First, this incident evidently did not take place during the construction of the ark but before construction began. Amen. There are three great conceptions in this passage. I don't think that this is a prohibition as some have interpreted it to be of wearing gold apparel or things of this nature. 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. 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 1 Peter 3:18 Hebrew Bible 1 Peter 3:18 Aramaic NT: Peshitta We have already mentioned these angels. Maybe some of you have some ideas you can share with me.Having devoted six verses to the wives, he now devotes one to the husband. He that would love life, And see good days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile: Let him turn away from evil and do right; Let him seek peace, and pursue it, For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears are open to their prayer; But the face of the Lord is against those that do evil. It is the submission not of fear but of perfect love. He did so to strengthen their resolve to rededicate themselves to follow Gods will wholeheartedly and confidently. There is no allusion in this passage to any other; there is no intimation that to any others of those in prison the message here referred to had been delivered. So far was their believing in Christ from taking them out of the people, it is then alone that they became, a people. And He preached to those souls that were in prison. Some advocates of this view say this took place in hell between His crucifixion and His resurrection. In law she remained for ever a child. But it is a reality, and from that time this sanctification of the Spirit becomes a fact. Will it tell of thy faithfulness?" What was the substance of this preaching we are not here told, the word itself (which is not the same as, e.g., in 1Peter 1:25) only means to publish or proclaim like a crier or herald; and as the spirits are said to have been disobedient and in prison, some have thought that Christ went to proclaim to them the certainty of their damnation! In the top line in italic print, we have set down, the Greek of the passage in English lettering and beneath each, thanatotheis ( G2289) men ( G3303) sarki ( G4561), zoopoietheis ( G2227) de ( G1161) pneumati ( G4151), en ( G1722) ho ( G3588) kai ( G2532) tois ( G3588), en ( G1722) phulake ( G5438) pneumasi ( G4151). The previous verse ended the narrative concerning Peter and it continued that of Herod. The conditions of our own age tend to blunt the edge of the mind to sensitiveness in pity. does struggle to have its own way. Although he is of the people of God, instead of getting an earthly character by Christianity, on the contrary he becomes a pilgrim and stranger. Whilst the Lord was here, it is ignorance and error to call such a state of things, however blessed and needed, Christianity. bondage. but it would be tedious to reckon up the several different senses of this place; some referring it to such in Noah's time, to whom the Gospel was preached, and who repented; and though they suffered in their bodies, in the general deluge, yet their souls were saved; whereas the apostle calls them all, "the world of the ungodly", 2 Peter 2:5 and others, to the eight souls that were shut up in the ark, as in a prison, and were saved; though these are manifestly distinguished in the text from the disobedient spirits. 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. At its simplest, the doctrine of the descent into Hades lays down the complete identity of Christ with our human condition, even to the experience of death. He was about to be a sacrifice for sin, giving Himself up spite of suffering, not only from man, but from God. The first impulse of a converted man is to do the will of God. 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. So you, husbands don't try to pounce on this scripture and use it as a club to beat your wives in submission. That is, "the eighth --eight souls saved by water," "The like figure", whereunto even baptism doth also now save us ( 1 Peter 3:21 ). you are the daughters of Sarah, as long as you do well, and are not afraid with any amazement ( 1 Peter 3:6 ). 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. I definitely believe in water baptism and I personally believe in water baptism by full immersion. In this I, for one, do not believe. The "spirits" here will thus correspond with "in spirit" there. The "spirits in prison" are mentioned in the broader context of suffering righteously. 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. The point is this--as the Jews saw it, only the priests had the right of close access to God. If you say that practical holiness precedes the being brought under the blood of Jesus, I ask, How is one to become holy? It is not a spineless submission that is meant but, as someone has finely put it, a "voluntary selflessness." Therefore there could be no comparison on that score, not even for a Jew. In fact, the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in no one but the Christian. of the Vulgate which I have seen in reading spiritibus, "to the spirits.". That is, He is a royal priest just as truly as His functions are now exercised on the ground of sacrifice, interceding after the Aaronic pattern within the veil but a veil that is rent. But the men and women of Noah's generation, notwithstanding "God's patience" in delaying judgment, spurned that proclamation. If there is no other name by which men may be saved, what is to happen to those who never heard it? When the suffering is for Christ, he is demonstrating his loyalty to Christ and is sharing his sufferings. 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. It is, however, too evident that there is nothing like incredulity for swallowing anything that panders to the first man, and leaving out the glory of the Second. Isaiah 49:9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. and we answer; "Yes." They were apt to rise against oppression and to fail in obedience to a superior, at least among the heathen. and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you for the reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and reverence ( 1 Peter 3:15 ): So live the kind of a life that is an example that will provoke people to question you. Julius Caesar bought for Servilia a pearl which cost him 65,250 British pounds. At first sight, perhaps, these words may be startling to some, that is, to such as think that the sense of "salvation" is weakened thereby. Finally [addressing now both], be of one mind, having compassion for one another, love as brethren, be pitiful ( 1 Peter 3:8 ). She must be pure. 1 Peter 2. It is clear then that the meaning attributed to "spirits in prison" turns altogether upon the fact of when the preaching was done. Peace, '' as such, does not appear in any Greek manuscript `` the! 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