1 Peter 3:20 — Community Reflections

1 PETER 3:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“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.”

to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, a mere eight souls, were saved through water — the connection to Noah's flood (Genesis 6-8) establishes that the spirits-in-prison passage refers to those who 'formerly disobeyed' (apeitheo), likely the antediluvian generation. The salvation of 'eight souls' through the ark foreshadows believers' salvation.

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