The one cannot exist without the other; it is only when we forgive others their sins against us that we are forgiven our sins against God ( Matthew 6:12; Matthew 6:14-15). So when He said, "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church" ( Ephesians 5:25 ), He knew that a woman's greatest need was that of knowing that she is loved supremely by her husband. Here we have the first great primary fact, that the Christian Jew does not belong any more to the elect nation; but is taken out of this his former position, and is elect after a wholly new sort. And there were traffic coming on my left where I couldn't get around him, so I just laid on my horn. For some it was to last for ever; but for others it was a kind of prison-house in which they were held until the final judgment of God's wrath should blast them ( Isaiah 24:21-22; 2 Peter 2:4; Revelation 20:1-7). Who ever loved a person that he never saw? Some think the whole passage applies to the preaching of the Gospel to the Gentiles; but the interpretation given above appears to me, after the fullest consideration, to be the most consistent and rational, as I have already remarked. 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. In my old MS. Bible, which contains the first translation into English ever made, the clause is the following: In whiche thing and to hem that weren closid togyder in prison, hi commynge in Spirit, prechide. Christ the sufferer has become Christ the victor; Christ the crucified has become Christ the crowned. If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious; to whom coming as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God and precious, ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." 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. This accordingly gave occasion for God to exercise a new kind of choice. and patriarchs, under the former dispensation: others think the 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. The true beauty isn't that which you put on outwardly but the true beauty is that which is inward, which shines out.I do not believe that Peter is intending here to issue a prohibition against the ladies looking nice. True growth in practice confessedly is after justification; sanctification in 1 Peter 1:2 is before justification. When Christ died, he died once and for all ( Romans 6:10). And then he asks, "And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? Even so, "Baptism," Peter says, "saves us." 1 PETER 3:19 evn w|- kai, Several scholars have advocated the conjectural emendation that introduces the subject "Enoch" (enwkaienw,). 1 . He really experienced death, and rose again. 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. See Note 1 at end of the chapter. It may well be that when he compares himself with his fellow-men, he has nothing to fear from the comparison. But mark, "To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did minister the things which are now reported to you in virtue of the Holy Ghost sent from heaven. It is good that we should feel that it is unbelief, and that unbelief can produce nothing but death. It is not exactly "the answer of a good conscience." Ages earlier, they were living men and women who rejected the preaching of Christ through Noah. Christ neither went into this prison, nor preached in it, nor to As Bigg puts it, he was expected "intelligently and temperately to discuss matters of conduct." This I deny altogether. The effect of sin is always alienation from God. Where? The exhortation is not limited to slaves. His coming ( ) is that which effects the rapture and reception of the saints to Himself; and His appearing is that which subsequently displays them with Himself before the world, and therefore expresses but a part of His presence, being the special (not the generic) term. You know, they could hold you down until you drown and it still won't save you. Atonement has its own incomparable place. (ii) Peter calls baptism the pledge of a good conscience to God ( 1 Peter 3:21). We have seen that the attempt at the elimination of this passage fails. The ritual itself cannot save me. Keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behaviour in Christ may be put to shame. But if you're cold and aloof; this jerk making a stupid mistake and he's probably going to take off when he has lost everything. On this is founded the spiritual priesthood, and in consequence we who are His draw near and offer up spiritual sacrifices. Whatever the form, God never gives up His righteous government, though there is His grace also. 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. Acts 12:20. So "bless those that curse you," Jesus said. They had now an offer of mercy; those that accepted of it should be saved, but those who rejected Christ and the gospel should be as certainly destroyed as ever the disobedient in the times of Noah were. Christ died once and for all for sins. Such is the path of trial through which the believer goes forward, putting to the proof the faith which God has given him:" That the trial of your faith" (not of flesh as under the law) "being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.". In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21 and this water symbolizes . Let this be enough. 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. 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. It is clearly seen how he treats these Jews, and what they used to boast of. Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted. But then He may do more and display Himself to the world. that Enoch ( G1802) had been mistakenly omitted for that reason). And in giving the rule, God was thinking of the other. It was no new thought. 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. But, he said, in order to convert a Moslem, they must see Christianity in action in your life. It was not Noah's own spirit that preached; it was the Spirit of Christ. Have no fear of them; do not be troubled; but in your hearts give Christ a unique place. God has chosen individuals. It says that Jesus went and preached to the spirits who are in prison ( 1 Peter 3:19); and it speaks of the gospel being preached to the dead ( 1 Peter 4:6). It is granted that there is a sanctification in scripture which bears on practice. There is nothing at all in the verse that warrants a web of doctrine strange to the rest of the Bible. No such idea is traceable in the word of God. Since, then, Christ suffered in the flesh, you too must arm yourselves with the same conviction that he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, and as a result of this the aim of such a man now is to spend the time that remains to him of life in the flesh no longer in obedience to human passions, but in obedience to the will of God. Thus the Lord Jesus, being already come and about to come again, brings before us two of these stages, while the mission of the Holy Ghost for the gospel fills up the interval between them. . Was the message brought to them while in prison, or at some previous period? Just you know, if he had gotten out railing, I'm sure I would have jumped out of the car and ran up and grabbed him and told him what a stupid move that was, you know. To "the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." Why even your dog has a will; and I am sure you have a will yourselves. It is not a spineless submission that is meant but, as someone has finely put it, a "voluntary selflessness." Understanding and considerateness had forged an unbreakable bond. 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. No such words are used, nor is this what he means. A tyrian cloak of the best purple cost well over 100 British pounds. Now Peter is saying, Honor her knowing that she's weaker. If it speaks of the duties of slaves, it speaks also of the obligations of masters. You may have the real substance of the truth, but you cannot have it in all official propriety at the present time. as some, to preach to the devils and damned spirits, that they This is Christianity. ungodly", ( 2 Peter 2:5 ) and This morning, she came as I was greeting people at the end of the second service. But that man has this conscience in his natural state is most certain. situation, because they were intent upon the hope of promised It was no afterthought, but His settled plan. "As each man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. (2) The second interpretation--which is that of (practically) all the Fathers, and of Calvin, Luther (finally), Bellarmine, Bengel, and of most modern scholars--refers the passage to what our Lord did while His body was dead. Peter here spoke of them, by way of identification, as "spirits in prison"; but there is not a line in this passage which requires us to believe that Christ preached personally to those "spirits in prison" during the three days his body lay in the tomb! We are to rejoice with those who rejoice and to weep with those who weep ( Romans 12:15). The prophets were constantly saying that the righteousness of God was near at, hand, and His salvation to be revealed. This is notorious to every one even to themselves. He is now fulfilling the Levitical types in the holiest of all. was, that he existed in his divine nature before he was The plain and easy There's an Old Swedish proverb, Good looks don't last, good cookers do. Here Peter has certain things to say about this Christian defence. 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.". Just as the blood sprinkled was from the animals killed in view of the old covenant, so they shrank not from that dread and extreme exaction if they failed to obey the will of God. Clearly, between the seal and its impression there is the closest possible correspondence. "If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar" ( 1 John 4:20). point here, but if possible a deeper thing; and for the simple reason, that practical holiness must be relative or a question of degree. The question is not how far it is made good in the heart of the believer; for it really and equally embraces all believers. 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. When did Jesus make this proclamation? In the thrilling early days of the Church this prayer was fulfilled, for they were all of one heart and of soul ( Acts 4:32). 3:18-22 For Christ also died once and for all for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. There is no difficulty that I see about it. And this "prison" must not be understood (with Bp. They assimilated passages one to another; they thought that what was right in one case must be right in another; and thus the tendency was to blunt the fine edge of the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. The first impulse of a converted man is to do the will of God. At the court of kings there was an official called the prosagogeus, the introducer, the giver of access, and it was his function to decide who should be admitted to the king's presence and who should be kept out. That is, we have had accomplishment in the past; and we look for future fulfilment of all the bright anticipations of the coming kingdom. Moreover, the strange notion of those who think that unbelievers as to the coming of Christ, were after his death freed from their sin, needs no long refutation; for it is an indubitable doctrine of Scripture, that we obtain not salvation in Christ except by faith; then there is no hope left for those who continue to death unbelieving. 1 Peter 2. When the suffering is part of the human situation, it still cannot despoil him of the most precious things in life. God takes exact notice of all the means and advantages that people in all ages have had for the salvation of their souls; it is put to the account of the old world that Christ offered them his help, sent his Spirit, gave them fair warning by Noah, and waited a long time for their amendment. 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. Here, I. 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 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. 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