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1 Peter 3:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" who before were disobedient when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. "

1 Peter 3:20

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18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

19 in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,

20 who before were disobedient when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

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Hebrews 11:7

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"By faith Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith."

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2 Peter 2:5

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"and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,"

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Matthew 24:38

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"For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,"

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Genesis 7:9

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"went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah."

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Genesis 7:7

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"Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters."

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2 Peter 3:9

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"The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

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1 Peter 3:1

"In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,"

1 Peter 3:2

"seeing your pure behavior in fear."

1 Peter 3:3

"Let your beauty come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing,"

1 Peter 3:4

"but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight."

1 Peter 3:5

"For this is how in the past the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands."

1 Peter 3:6

"So Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are if you do well and are not put in fear by any terror."

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