1 Peter 3:19 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Peter 3:19

17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

Christ’s Suffering and Ours

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring¹ us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,

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

20 who formerly were disobedient,¹ when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

21 ^aThere is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism ^b(not the removal of the filth of the flesh, ^cbut the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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Definitions of words in 1 Peter 3:19:

Also {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

By {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
By {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Prison {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing 1 Peter 3:19:

Hell {Easton's}
Apocryphal Gospels {I.S.B.E.}
Descend; Descent {I.S.B.E.}
Eschatology Of The New Testament, Vi-x {I.S.B.E.}
Hades {I.S.B.E.}
Peter, Simon {I.S.B.E.}
Peter, The First Epistle Of {I.S.B.E.}
Prison, Spirits In {I.S.B.E.}
Prison; Prisoner {I.S.B.E.}
Psychology {I.S.B.E.}
Punishment, Everlasting {I.S.B.E.}
Resurrection {I.S.B.E.}
Salvation {I.S.B.E.}

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