It is into this very snare that unbelief has brought men in Christendom. The times of the Gentiles are still in course of accomplishment. Catholicato d'Occidente - Decreto Della Chiesa vetero-cattolica ortodossa e dell'antecedenza del Catholicato d'Occidente Mentre l'8 ottobre 1941, il Primate e Vescovo Presiedente della Chiesa Episcopale Apostolica, Dr. Arthur Wolfort Brooks (Mar John Emmanuel, 1889-1948) ha rilasciato un Certificato di Accettazione in cui ha accettato l'ufficio aggiuntivo di Vescovo Presiedente della Chiesa . 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. It is a total fallacy, injurious to God's glory and to our own souls, to interpret the Bible after this fashion. 20:7 ) when the Apostle Peter wrote this epistle; so that Far better is it, then, to be "kept by the power of God through faith." disobedient ones, are here spoken of; and though it is only said And then the Lord said to the wives, "Submit yourself unto your own husbands" ( Ephesians 5:22 ). If they are fallen angels, Peter may have meant that after Jesus Christ arose He announced to them that their doom was now sure. and continuing so, a flood was brought upon them which destroyed 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. Hairbands, pins and combs were made of ivory, and boxwood, and tortoiseshell; and sometimes of gold, studded with gems. THE SILENT PREACHING OF A LOVELY LIFE ( 1 Peter 3:1-2 ). Peter has been speaking about the wicked men who were disobedient and corrupt in the days of Noah; they were ultimately destroyed. He alone was competent to suffer for sin. Without Jesus' death for our sins on the cross, we could not come to God. Why even your dog has a will; and I am sure you have a will yourselves. Isaiah 49:9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. Sep 19, 2015. that Enoch ( G1802) had been mistakenly omitted for that reason). "For he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin." . You know, they could hold you down until you drown and it still won't save you. Peter turns to the domestic problems which Christianity inevitably produced. From phulasso; a guarding or, the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or, the time, literally or figuratively. There could have been no Christianity if Jesus had not come; yet as long as He was visibly present on earth, Christianity proper could not even begin. They see Him doing so through Noah. (1) The spirits are understood as being now in prison, in consequence of having rejected His preaching to them while they were still on earth. 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. The cruelty which is hardest to bear is often not deliberate but the product of sheer thoughtlessness. "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." Sulpicius Gallus dismissed his wife because she had once appeared in the streets without a veil. Wherever there is a real work of God's Spirit not merely a testimony to the conscience but an arousing of it effectually before God the sanctification of the Spirit is made good. prison of hell, so the Syriac version renders it, (lwyvb) , "in hell", see ( Revelation (iii) Peter's answer is this. This was known in Israel, but it could in no wise draw out the affections in the same way as calling Him Father. But there's an interesting proverb that says, "A soft answer turns away wrath" ( Proverbs 15:1 ). 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. Now I had an interesting experience several years ago. Any one who hates his brother is a murderer" ( 1 John 3:14-15). 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; While they behold your chaste conversation [coupled] with fear. But you need never be afraid of trusting God or His word. He that knew no sin suffered instead of those that knew no righteousness. 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. As I go down in the water, it's being buried. This word introduces us to a special way of looking at the Old Testament. Not at all. And who is he that will harm you, if you are followers of that which is good? Another view is that the people to whom Jesus preached were those alive after Pentecost and in bondage to Satan and sin. (ii) Peter calls baptism the pledge of a good conscience to God ( 1 Peter 3:21). The" sanctification of the Spirit" here spoken of is absolute. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. 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. He had gone and preached unto the spirits, By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison. After this Peter not only branches out into the outward life, but takes particular note of the family and its relationships. Christian humility comes from two things. And there were traffic coming on my left where I couldn't get around him, so I just laid on my horn. (iv) Fourth, Peter sets compassion. Sin is that which interrupts the relationship which should exist between God and men. His sanctification is the effectual work of divine grace, which first separates from the world a person, whether Jew or Gentile, unto God. I mean, I was ready to tear him apart. They were that wicked race which lived in the days of Noah. 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. Hence, if any received the gospel, they were delivered from judgment, and lived according to God in the Spirit. And we are all one, heirs together of the grace of God. What Peter is saying is: "Love goodness with that passionate intensity with which the most fanatical patriot loves his country." That ethic is what may be called a reciprocal ethic. There may be no sense of liberty yet, nor even joy in the Lord; there can be no solid peace whatever. They consider that, because God is unchangeable, He has not a will of His own. Then Peter expressly mentioned the Spirit, that he might take away the notion of what may be called a real presence. What had Christ not gone through in the same path? 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. But on one thing we can agree--through what happened there we may enter into a new relationship with God. But the conjecture fails to do this. Thence, we see, they did speak of these very things. He was always moved by the needs of people. Two characters of priesthood are here shown us. II. it is the submission which is based on the death of pride and the desire to serve. In the Temple the layman might come so far; he could pass through the Court of the Gentiles, the Court of the Women, the Court of the Israelites--but there he must stop. Peter proceeded to explain the significance of Jesus resurrection and exaltation not only for believers but also for the whole universe. So anybody who's looking for the superior sex or anything else, you will never find it in Christianity. Women did not share in the worship of the Greeks and the Romans. . How could one hope for One who was here, however different His estate from what was longed for and expected? The old life just being buried; and as I come up out of the water, it's that new life in the Spirit, in Christ. And really, that's what the kid did; Bless you, peace, brother, shalom. "We are begotten again," says he, "to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." Another MS., written about A. D. 1370, is the same as the printed copy. 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. 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? 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. But even on this word there are several various readings; some of the Greek MSS. 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. King James Version (KJV) Public Domain. He did so to strengthen their resolve to rededicate themselves to follow Gods will wholeheartedly and confidently. God had done this for Noah even though he and his family were a small minority in their day. But in this case they omitted. (iii) The whole idea and effectiveness of baptism is dependent on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Earrings were made of pearls and Seneca spoke of women with two or three fortunes in their ears. The Christian is humble because he is constantly aware of his utter dependence on God and that of himself he can do nothing. Others, as the Papists, imagine the sense to be, that 1Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. . As Edwin H. Robertson put it: "Only forgiveness without reason can match sin without excuse." And I was going down Fairview and one of these hippies pulled out in front of me. Being sanctified of the Spirit, we are called to obey as Christ obeyed. Its full meaning is met by the interpretation that Christ once preached to the spirits then in prison, to wit, in the days of Noah; that is, that he caused a divine message to be borne to them. "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going" ( Ecclesiastes 9:10). The simple idea is that of persons confined as in a prison; and the passage will prove only that in the time when the apostle wrote there were those wire were thus confined. Not intended as that at all. According to Christian light nothing will do but ability to stand before the glory of God. This may be in various measures, and therefore no more is meant than so far as want of faith is allowed to work. "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth; because all flesh is as grass, and all its glory as the flower of grass. . 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. And, indeed, you find this not merely in Peter but in Paul. Others believe it happened during His ascension to heaven. God has a right to use whom He pleases, according to His own sovereign will and wisdom; but the truth is, that if you have received a gift, you are not only at liberty but rather bound to use it in Christ's name. It may well be that when he compares himself with his fellow-men, he has nothing to fear from the comparison. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith," not yet the body saved, but soul-salvation "the salvation of souls." The New Testament says this same thing often. So when He died, He descended into hell. 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. you are the daughters of Sarah, as long as you do well, and are not afraid with any amazement ( 1 Peter 3:6 ). The Christian ethic never grants a privilege without a corresponding obligation. 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. But if it means that he preached to those who lived in the days of Noah, while they were yet alive, the question will be asked why are they called spirits?. It was, and still is, no uncommon sight in the East to see the man riding on a donkey while the woman trudged by his side. branch of it, his prophetic office, before he appeared in human And that's the message here in Acts 14:8-20. [Note: E.g., Bigg, p. When they were admitted to the synagogue at all, they were segregated from the men and hidden behind a screen. We must always distinguish the ability of the man from the spiritual gift which the Lord gives; and, besides both, there is also the right use of the gift. (1) THE MARKS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ( 1 Peter 3:8-12 ). by all sorts of circumstances, and above all by the evil of our old nature that surrounds it, in Him, as we know, absolutely perfect and without mixture. Here the New Testament speaks with unmistakable definiteness and with almost frightening directness. "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." 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. in their bodies, in the general deluge, yet their souls were They watch. vvvv RP 1 Peter 2:1 1 PETER 3 Parallel KJVand Greek Bible (New Testament) 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; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Various are the senses given of this passage: some say, that ( Psalms 6:5). 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. It was in this spiritual condition of perfect freedom that the preaching to the dead took place. He, as it were, held the keys of access. 1 Adv. And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins." There is the attitude of elimination. A more probable explanation is that these "spirits" were the unbelievers who disobeyed God in Noahs day by rejecting his preaching. "How can we obey men that worship stocks and stones, whose very religion makes them immoral and degraded?" He wanted you to be one with Him, but a holy, pure, righteous God cannot be a part of sin, inconsistent with the nature of God. It was no new thought. This again is frequently said in the New Testament. For the explication of this we may notice, (1.) souls of Old Testament saints were, before the death of Christ; When a man is roused to hate his sins through God's testimony reaching him, and convicting him before God, and not in his own eyes, when a man is ashamed of all that he has been in presence of God's grace, ever so little known and understood, still where a real work goes on in the soul, sanctification of the Spirit is true there. 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. It is a mistake to construe it of one that knows not what took place in the lower parts of the earth. 2. Simply to believe in Christ may make a man quite happy, but it never of itself gives solid unbreakable peace. In Greek civilization the duty of the woman was "to remain indoors and to be obedient to her husband." But while he contrasts the Christian position with their former Jewish one, in order to strengthen them as to their place and calling now in and by Christ, he takes care also to maintain fully whatever common truth there is between the Christian and the saints of the Old Testament. 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. 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. Nevertheless the apostle there claims the most unqualified subjection to the powers that be. III. too often saints going astray, comparatively seldom persevering as the rule, if we speak of their consistent fidelity and devotedness. Even in the Jewish synagogue they had no share in the service, and in the orthodox synagogue still have none. 19 In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were in prison . What a place for the Christian! By which - Evidently by the Spirit referred to in the previous verse - en ho - the divine nature of the Son of God; that by which he was quickened again, after he had been put to death; the Son of God regarded as a Divine Being, or in that same nature which afterward became incarnate, and whose agency was employed in quickening the man Christ Jesus, who had been put to death. 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. This at once gives us a true and vivid picture of what Christianity is, of signal importance for the Jews to weigh, because they always looked forward for a visible Messiah, the royal Son of David the object, no doubt, of all reverence, homage, and loyalty for all Israel. Now the new nature in the believer never has any other thought or feeling; only in our case there is also the old nature which may, and which alas! poreutheis. But still, as far as unbelief does work, it is just so far death in effect. But the lower obedience is absorbed by the higher one when they come into collision; and this is the only seeming exception. That very system of reason that makes so much of the will of man, and is not a little proud of it, would deprive God Himself of a will, and under penalty of man's accusation of injustice forbids its exercise according to His own pleasure. Christ was once and for all offered to bear the sin of many ( Hebrews 9:28). Over and over again Paul exhorts men to this unity and prays for it. But none of these wonders of grace could have been, unless by redemption we receive the end of our faith meanwhile, namely, soul-salvation. Does this refer to Jesus' descent into hell, as in the Apostles' Creed? quoted above, as closid togyder proves. I can't believe that; you're saved by believing in Jesus Christ. 18 for christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular, Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular, Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. Proud member Jesus preached to the souls in prison. Hair was waved and dyed, sometimes black, more often auburn. It is far the most natural thing to suppose that the spirits were in prison at the time when Christ went and preached to them. It never places all the responsibility on one side. Julius Caesar bought for Servilia a pearl which cost him 65,250 British pounds. By which also he went and . We can easily comprehend it. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope perfectly," etc. You remember when Peter was arrested for the preaching of the Gospel and they beat him and told him not to preach anymore in the name of Jesus Christ? This is founded on the very principle of Christianity itself; that is, doing good, suffering for it, and taking it patiently. in the text from the disobedient spirits. Therefore God has His own wise, holy, and gracious mode of dealing with it. 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. God is so patient that he waited for 120 years before sending the Flood in Noahs day (Genesis 6:3). Never should I for one blame their tenacity in adhering to the truth and duty of advancing in practical holiness, or what they call sanctification. They would rather have placed the sprinkling of the blood first, and obedience next. Is this, you know, do you like this outfit? (v) Fifth, Peter sets humility. Paul will tell you so, even after he shows that the Christian is dead to the law; and then a term is used to show that he does not at all mean that the righteousness of the law is not fulfilled in us, but that it is. does not agree with the connection of the words: others are of This is not by any means the only meaning of blood, even where it was sacrificially employed. Sanctification of the Spirit is that primary action that was experienced before Saul entered into peace with God. 206-13.] There are two closely connected words. (ii) Peter goes on to speak about the Christian attitude to suffering. Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted. 1 Peter 3:9 Aramaic NT: Peshitta. And you have become her children, if you do good, and if you do not become a prey to fluttering fears. This is, indeed, a more tolerable sense than the former; but it will be difficult to show, that men, in the present state of life, are called "spirits", which seems to be a word that relates to the souls of men, in a separate state from their bodies; and especially that carnal and unconverted men are ever so called; and besides, the apostle is speaking of such who were disobedient in the times of Noah; and therefore not of the Gentiles, in the times of the apostles: add to which, that the transition from the times of the apostles, according to this sense, to the days of Noah, is very unaccountable; this sense does not agree with the connection of the words: others are of opinion, that this is meant of the souls of the Old Testament saints, who were , "in a watch", as they think the phrase may be rendered, instead of "in prison": and said to be in such a situation, because they were intent upon the hope of promised salvation, and were looking out for the Messiah, and anxiously desiring his coming, and which he, by some gracious manifestation, made known unto them: but though the word may sometimes signify a watch, yet more commonly a prison, and which sense best suits here; nor is that anxiety and uneasiness, which represents them as in a prison, so applicable to souls in a state of happiness; nor such a gracious manifestation so properly called preaching; and besides, not believers, but unbelievers, disobedient ones, are here spoken of; and though it is only said they were sometimes so, yet to what purpose should this former character be once mentioned of souls now in glory? , that he might take away the notion of what may be in various measures, and obedience next the. 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