There was a term of patience assigned: "Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years." Acts 17:1 (NKJV) 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. I shall discuss these views in the exposition to follow. "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations." They see Him doing so through Noah. This, again, is somewhat peculiarly put in our version. 16 having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in christ. called to blessing, and to be a blessing. sense best suits here; nor is that anxiety and uneasiness, which Cato the Censor, the typical ancient Roman, wrote: "If you were to catch your wife in an act of infidelity, you can kill her with impunity without a trial." "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." 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. She that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and Marcus my son. (iii) Third, Peter sets brotherly love. To my mind, nothing is more wonderful in our blessed Lord here below than this devotedness to His Father, not merely now and again, but as the one motive that animated Him from the beginning to the end of His course here below. 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. At the same time, the day is not yet come for the fulfilment of the prophecies as a whole. Peter has just laid down the duty of wives; now he lays down the duty of husbands. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, He is keeping up the link with saints of old by a general principle. Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted. Nevertheless obedience abides the principle of the Christian. . Finally [addressing now both], be of one mind, having compassion for one another, love as brethren, be pitiful ( 1 Peter 3:8 ). Here in Christianity emerged the revolutionary principle that women had equal spiritual rights and with that the relationship between the sexes was changed. It is, therefore, worthwhile for us to take pains to make them understand that they are honoured for nothing else but only for appearing modest and self-respecting." And really, that's what the kid did; Bless you, peace, brother, shalom. That is the outward framework of the gift, which latter is suited no doubt to that ability; but the gift itself is the power of the Spirit according to the grace of Christ. For this reason, that very few were saved then, whilst. that Christ also, under the Old Testament, acted the part of a "If any man speak, [let it be] as oracles of God; if any man minister, [let it be] as of the ability which God giveth." And these are the things that convince the Moslem of the truth of Christianity.So Paul is declaring that our lifestyle is all-important. It is argued that what this means is that it was in the time of Noah himself that Christ did this preaching; that in the Spirit long ages before this he made his appeal to the wicked men of Noah's day. Do you accept its privileges and promises, and do you undertake its responsibilities and its demands?" But here it is altogether another order of ideas. Least of all can the Jews be said to be sown in the land of Palestine. of a good conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ." It is not to be explained in terms of a swoon on the Cross, or anything like that. "For you," says he, "who are kept;" for Christian doctrine is not, as men so often say, that of saints persevering. The answer is this: "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ." poreutheis. (iii) The whole idea and effectiveness of baptism is dependent on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. When Christ died, he died once and for all ( Romans 6:10). apostles, to the Gentiles, as in ( Ephesians Then it is that the trial of the faith of the Christian will be made manifest in glory. situation, because they were intent upon the hope of promised Thirdly, it seems very strange, that Peter, speaking of the apostles, should immediately, as though forgetting himself, go back to the time of Noah. Without that question and answer the contract was not valid. . And so he talked about, first of all, the servants submitting themselves unto their own masters, Christ leaving us an example. They will have everything at their command, and worthily use all for God. (iv) Unless a man fulfils these obligations, there is a barrier between his prayers and God. It hence follows, that we shall not less feel it in vivifying whatever is mortal in us. This is Christianity. 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. 1 Peter 3:19. There is the suffering in which we are involved because of our humanity. It is worth while to collect together the great New Testament passages about unity, in order to see how great a place it occupies in New Testament thought. It was during the height of the hippie thing around here where these hippies had these old vans and held together with bailing wire, you know; material things didn't mean anything to them, paint all over them. So don't lose hope. He is speaking about the people that heard Noah, and despised the word of the Lord then. 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! 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? You want to have a good life, you want to see good days, these are --these are the rules: Just "keep your tongue, refrain it from evil, speaking evil, and your lips from speaking deceitfully. An idea similar to the one here expressed may be found in 2 Peter 2:4, though the word prison does not there occur: God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; and in Jude 1:6, And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains, under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day. The allusion, in the passage before us, is undoubtedly to confinement or imprisonment in the invisible world; and perhaps to those who are reserved there with reference to some future arrangement - for this idea enters commonly into the use of the word prison. 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. Again we have an exhortation to the elders (1 Peter 5:1-14). What was its content? In this passage we can see how Peter was soaked in the Old Testament; there are two Old Testament foundations for it. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. The times of the Gentiles are still in course of accomplishment. "The just for the unjust,". He who was perfect Righteousness willingly suffered for totally unrighteous men. As Bigg puts it: "The sighs of the injured wife come between the husband's prayers and God's hearing." They did not think in terms of heaven and of hell but of a shadowy world, where the spirits of men moved like grey ghosts in an everlasting twilight and where there was neither strength nor joy. 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. Thus there was a most thorough conviction of the folly of the Jewish argument as to Christianity being a mere novelty; but it was "manifest in these last times for you who by him do believe in God." It takes them awhile; it takes longer as the years go by. Praise to God for a Living Hope 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! They had been used to this and more in Judaism, but it had all passed away. 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. If he, though perfectly just, why should not we, who are all criminals? The previous verse ended the narrative concerning Peter and it continued that of Herod. Prosagein ( G4317) means to bring in; prosagoge ( G4318) means the right of access, the result of the bringing in. If any man speak, [let him speak] as [the] oracles of God." If it speaks of the duties of slaves, it speaks also of the obligations of masters. spirits that were then in it when he preached, but to persons (b) If we look at Moffatt's translation, we find something quite different. All this will come in due time, and it may be very rapidly, even the self-same hour; but the very first thing that a soul born of God feels is the desire at all cost to do the will of God. This attitude--and it is that of some very great New Testament interpreters--believes that Peter is indeed saying that Jesus went to Hades and preached, but that he by no means preached to all the inhabitants of Hades. The time past might well suffice for the wretched gratification of self. Hence this anxiety of expectation was to them a kind of prison. It does not seem to be of such prime importance that much need be said. 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. It may appear singular that in this passage Peter should make mention of those who were unbelieving in the days of Noah, and of baptism as the antitype of the water of the deluge; but this may be explained from the circumstance that . In 1 Peter 3:18-22 he cited Jesus resurrection and ascension into glory, the "missing links" in the previous record of Jesus experiences. Whereas the previous example of Jesus stressed the way He suffered while doing good, this one emphasizes the theme of Jesus vindication, which is major in 1 Peter following the quotation of Psalms 34 in 1 Peter 3:10-12. "What profit is there in my death if I go down to the pit? When a man for instance turns to God, when he has faith in Jesus, when he repents towards God, even though it may be faith but little developed or exercised, and although the repentance may be comparatively superficial (yet I am supposing now real faith and repentance through the action of the Holy Ghost), these are the tokens of the Spirit's sanctification. but it will be difficult to show, that men, in the present state No man escapes suffering, but for the Christian suffering cannot touch the things which matter most of all. For this is why the gospel was preached even to the dead, so that, although they have already been judged in the flesh like men, they might live in the Spirit like God. Christ died once and for all for sins, the just.for the unjust. 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. vvvv RP 1 Peter 2:1 And here it is well to observe, as an important fact to be recognised, that salvation in Peter's epistle looks onward to the future, where it is not otherwise qualified. All unbelief therefore will be shown plainly to be of the flesh, not of the Spirit, and never excusable. , by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison, They saw not His form, but heard the sound of His voice. The obligation of the husband,1 Peter 3:7 E. The appeal for becoming corporate conduct, 1 Peter 3:8-12 1. And he, it was dangerous moving, I mean, he shouldn't have pulled out in front of me, but he did and the thing died. In one year silks, pearls, scents and jewellery were imported from India to the value of 1,000,000 British pounds. 1 Peter 3:19-22New International Version. 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. Because of their "former" disobedience, they are presently "in prison.". 3:1-2 Likewise, you wives, be submissive to your husbands, so that, if there are any who refuse to believe the word, they may be won for Christ without a word because they have seen your pure and reverent behaviour. To what did it all point? So far was their believing in Christ from taking them out of the people, it is then alone that they became, a people. (b) If Christ descended into Hades, it means that his triumph is universal. Supposing God only gave the believer according to his own thoughts (often meagre); supposing one believed in the power of the precious blood of Jesus ever so truly, and had nothing more than this our real portion by the Spirit, such an one, I maintain, would be a sorry Christian indeed. "Whom," says he, "having not seen, ye love." However, apart from that, on which I do not mean to enter more tonight, one thing is remarkable, that even when all was in apostolic, order, and where pastors and teachers and prophets and so on were, and besides, where the elders had been fitly appointed by the apostles themselves or by apostolic men, even there and at that very time they were exhorted against the notion of considering, "This is my congregation, and that is your leader." They too, those who had been before them, had been put to the proof in this way. They were that wicked race which lived in the days of Noah. 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. The elders are told to feed or shepherd the flock of God which was among them, exercising the oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily, etc. And that's the message here in Acts 14:8-20. Into the Court of the Priests, into the nearer presence of God, he could not go; and of the priests, only the High Priest could enter into the Holy of Holies. I repeat, it is God's flock, not yours; and you are not to lord over it as if it were your own belongings. 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. In fact, it's worse than that; it is --it's almost condemning to me. It is indeed a forcible and, in general, a faithful version, but it not seldom fails in accuracy. And Abraham, though it hurt him, got rid of Hagar and Ishmael. Here we find the various relations of life practically met. That which God values, the meek, the quiet spirit which in the sight of God is very valuable. The Zealots were the fanatical patriots, who were pledged to liberate their native land by every possible means. Furthermore as God judged the mockers in Noahs day, so will He judge those who persecuted Peters readers. This gives room for all the practical working of Christianity. "A saint," as someone has said, "is someone whose life makes it easier to believe in God. They were apt to rise against oppression and to fail in obedience to a superior, at least among the heathen. I do not think it requires much argument to show whether under the gospel the Jews or the world are in such a condition as the prophet describes, or whether there, is anything in progress that is intended or calculated to bring about such a result. It is not merely certain men, one or two, but "as each man," whatever the number, whether few or many. This particular Greek word is a difficult word to translate. The blood of Jesus Christ, however precious and indispensable, does not of itself constitute a man a Christian either in intelligence or in fact of standing. Christ the sufferer has become Christ the victor; Christ the crucified has become Christ the crowned. that he went unto it, or preached in it; only that the spirits This also is a very important point of difference for the Christian, on which it will be desirable to speak presently. One thing is clear, sympathy and selfishness cannot coexist. Thus, for instance, Saul of Tarsus had this sanctification of the Spirit the moment that, struck down to the earth, he received the testimony of the Lord speaking from heaven. By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison; 1 Peter 1:11,12 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. It is the only way to assign any intelligible meaning to the words "He went and" to suppose that He "went" straight from His quickening in spirit--i.e., from His death. So then, according to Jewish legend, Enoch did go to Hades and preach doom to the fallen angels. And Peter is saying recognize that that is the true beauty. 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 no kind of a hierarchy in the spiritual realm. Again in the 14th verse: "As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: but as he which hath called you is holy, be ye also holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy." It is not a question of merely having license. . I definitely believe in water baptism and I personally believe in water baptism by full immersion. Various are the senses given of this passage: some say, that The self-same principle is true in the believer, although of course it is pure grace toward him, whereas it was moral perfectness in Jesus. The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. This would completely do away with the idea of the descent into Hades. 6. In this passage Peter has three great things to say about baptism. (2)THE MARKS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ( 1 Peter 3:8-12 continued). Nevertheless the apostle there claims the most unqualified subjection to the powers that be. The meaning of this is that the preaching mentioned in the previous verse was directed to living men and women on the earth at the time the preaching was done, but who at the time of Peter's mentioning this were "in prison," that is, in a deceased state, under the sentence of God like the angels who are cast down and reserved unto the day of judgment and destruction of the wicked. To him it was a question of not doing what his nature prompted him to do. Certainly the Jews of old were rarely good subjects. It supposes that the believer is brought out of all that is natural even as to the body that he is already changed into the likeness of Christ. And this is a point that Peter presses on them, a startling thought for a Jew, yet they had only to reflect in order to know how true it is: "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father." But it is not what the word of God gives us by that converted soul, to whose case I have adverted. Interlinear Bible. being put to death in the flesh, but he was made alive by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits that were in prison; Which sometimes were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by the water ( 1 Peter 3:18-20 ). And Peter and his friends went away rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer that kind of persecution for Jesus. Even so, "Baptism," Peter says, "saves us." There he says, "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme; or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and praise to them that do well.". So "be full of pity", or another translation of the Greek word is tenderhearted. 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. Here is a tremendous thought. And again, it is interesting to me because it shows us Peter's good working knowledge of the Scriptures. And the idea is to encourage the young men not to look for a pretty face but to look for a good cook.But the true beauty, beauty that doesn't fade, the beauty that grows with years is that inner beauty. There is tupos ( G5179) , type, which means a seal, and there is antitupos ( G499) , antitype, which means the impression of the seal. 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. - The ESV Study Bible, Another view is that Christs resurrection and ascension were the proclamation of victory over the most extreme powers of evil the earth has ever known, which these imprisoned spirits represent. I pray that God will always grant to me a tender heart, a heart of compassion. In 1 Peter 5:1-14 we read, "The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you;" but all concede that the terms " the church that is " have been put in by the translators: they have no authority whatever. Whatever may be found in hymns, or sermons, or theology, scripture knows no such thing as an elect church. 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. We saw in a similarly characteristic way in the epistle of James the connection of his moral aim with teaching. Now in the prophecy concerning Jesus, in Isaiah 61 , says, "The spirit of the Lord is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach the good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those that are bound" ( Isaiah 61:1 ). We ought to be seeking to bring blessings to people. The apostle represents us as growing by the word to salvation ( i.e., the end in glory). It was in this spiritual condition of perfect freedom that the preaching to the dead took place. It is clear then that the meaning attributed to "spirits in prison" turns altogether upon the fact of when the preaching was done. Thus he loves to bring out again confirmatorily the new relationship in which they stood to God. It is only a theologian who finds a difficulty. (ii) Peter goes on to speak about the Christian attitude to suffering. And was not this before he knew all the comfort and blessing of the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus? The purpose of the cross is to put away our sin, which had separated us from God. 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 Spirit by which the preaching in view here was done was the blessed Holy Spirit, by whom and through whom all the preaching has been done throughout the ages. "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the appearing of Jesus Christ." One must exercise and give oneself up to the cultivation of that gift which God has given. According to this interpretation--which has the support of such names as Pearson, Hammond, Barrow, and Leighton (though he afterwards modified his opinion). Christian humility comes from two things. Peter has quite a bit to say to the wives but he has very little to say to the husbands. But that man has this conscience in his natural state is most certain. the gates of hell; were in the bonds of iniquity, and dead in Start your free trial today! Thus the passage is altogether dissociated from the doctrine of the descent into hell; and the sense (though not the Greek) would be better expressed by writing, He had gone and preached unto the spirits (now) in prison. Greet ye one another with a kiss of love. "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). Now this ought to be a great comfort even to the feeblest of God's children, not an alarm. There may have been a judgment, but this is not the judgment. Perhaps their enemies will see that they are persecuting without cause, and so feel ashamed of themselves (16-17).As Peter thinks about those who suffer for doing good, he is reminded of the perfect example, Jesus Christ. The description of the desired conduct, 1 Peter 3:8-9 2. And when the Lord Jesus appears by and by, there will be not the gospel as it is now preached, nor the Holy Ghost as He is now sent down from heaven, but the word going forth and the Spirit poured out suitably to that day. of We do honour to the world and shame to this our place by seeking its favours. 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. pneumasin, plural) as referring to the unsaved (human spirits) of Noahs day. He went and preached, by his Spirit striving with them, and inspiring and enabling Enoch and Noah to plead with them, and preach righteousness to them, as 2 Peter 2:5. And we are all one, heirs together of the grace of God. 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 powers had been made subject to him. What a vast change must have passed over Christendom, seeing that now a man is chiefly thought a minister because he speaks! Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures ( 1 Corinthians 15:3). All that is needful is to identify them as the same persons who once had this prospect. 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. Getting along; you know our prayer life can be hindered by friction within the home. (4) The Descent Into Hell ( 1 Peter 3:18 b-20;4:6 Continued). Many in repeating the creed have found the phrase "He descended into hell" either meaningless or bewildering, and have tacitly agreed to set it on one side and forget it. He then says, that Christ did not rise only for himself, but that he made known to others the same power of his Spirit, so that it penetrated to the dead. This word introduces us to a special way of looking at the Old Testament. A whole Christ is given and needed. 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Read full chapter. This is to speak "as oracles of God." I suppose there was a danger of these Christian Jews being somewhat turbulent. He pleads with the quarrelling Corinthians that there should be no divisions among them and that they should be perfectly joined together in the same mind ( 1 Corinthians 1:10). And John got hold of her and dragged her off as she was railing, going around the corner, you know. But even on this word there are several various readings; some of the Greek MSS. (ii) Peter calls baptism the pledge of a good conscience to God ( 1 Peter 3:21). Noah was preaching a message that God had given him, and in this sense Jesus Christ spoke through him (cf. 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). 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