Bible Gateway passage: 1 Peter 3:1-19 - New King James Version (2024)

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What is the meaning of 1 peter 3 19? ›

This suggests that Jesus, in spiritual form, was alive and proclaiming to the "spirits in prison" before returning to physical life. This may mean anything from those who died before Christ's ministry, to fallen angels, and a host of other options.

In this chapter, he extends that idea of submission to Christian wives. Peter commands them to be subject to their own husbands—even unbelieving husbands. Why? For one thing, their Christ-changed lifestyle of "respectful and pure conduct" may be enough to win their husbands to Christ without having to use words.

Peter III was emperor of Russia from January to July 1762. He was born in the Duchy of Holstein, part of the Holy Roman Empire, and rose to be a duke at a young age. His mother Anna was the daughter of Peter the Great, a very successful Russian emperor.

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.

Peter has written that Jesus was "made alive in the spirit"" in which" He went and proclaimed something to the "spirits in prison." In this verse, Peter continues by saying that those "spirits in prison" did not obey when God waited patiently.

Among Christian writers, since the 1st century AD, "the Bosom of Abraham" has gradually ceased to designate a place of imperfect happiness, especially in the Western Catholic tradition, and it has generally become synonymous with Christian Heaven itself, or the Intermediate state.

Here he tells Christian wives to be subject to their husbands, even unbelieving husbands. Why? In part, husbands may be won to Christ by the example of their Christ-changed wives. Christian husbands are also commanded to honor their wives or risk having their prayers hindered.

He wrote this letter to a group of Christians scattered throughout the northern areas of Asia Minor, where he may have previously preached the gospel. Peter wrote to a group of people that probably included both Jews and Gentiles.

1 Peter 3:1 says, “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word.” The gospel is not an invitation to receive. It is a command to obey. To disobey the word is to be an unbeliever. These were not men who never heard the gospel.

For here it is explicitly said that the gospel was preached to 'dead ones'. Some expositors feel that this means that the gospel was preached in Noah's day to people who were then alive, but of course are now dead, and that Peter has telescoped his remarks by saying the gospel was preached to 'dead ones'.

What is Scripture 1st Peter 3? ›

1 Peter 3 (GNB) - Bible Society. 1In the same way you wives must submit to your husbands, so that if any of them do not believe God's word, your conduct will win them over to believe. It will not be necessary for you to say a word, 2because they will see how pure and reverent your conduct is.

There we read the story of the Risen Lord's appearance to the disciples in Galilee. As the apostles are fishing, Jesus appears on the shore. Once they arrive on the land, Jesus asks Peter, “Do you love me?” He repeats the question three times. It is often pointed out that the word for “love” changes the third time.

Thus it seems likely that this passage in 1 Peter refers to a proclamation of judgment by the resurrected Christ to the imprisoned spirits, that is, the fallen angels, sealing their doom as he triumphed over sin and death and hell, redeeming human beings.

Why was the Ark of the Covenant made? The Ark of the Covenant was made for two reasons. First, it carried the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written. Second, it functioned as a way for Yahweh's presence to be with the Israelites and communicate with them.

We don't know where it is now. The Ark could have been buried or melted down for its gold. The last time the Ark of the Covenant was mentioned in the Old Testament is in Jeremiah 3:16, before God's judgments on the Jews for the continual disobedience.

For the disciples, it meant they were divinely guarded by the power of God. This divine protection was so powerful that even if they were to be bitten by a deadly snake or a highly venomous scorpion, it would have no effect on them.

23). To say that we must worship God “in spirit” means, among other things, that it must originate from within, from the heart; it must be sincere, motivated by our love for God and gratitude for all he is and has done. Worship cannot be mechanical or formalistic.

It's a way of speaking. It's a manner of getting a point across to say: “When we are tempted, Lord, lead us away from it. Get us out of it. Help us to flee it.” I know that sounds like the opposite of what it is saying, but that is the way the Hebrews thought and spoke.

It means that God won't change His mind about what he has called you to do. If God has called you, that calling is still there, whether or not you have obeyed. And if God gave you a gift, that gift is still there! Whatever God has called you to do, He has also gifted you to do it.