Suffering for Doing Right
1 Peter 3:18-22
Good News Translation (GNT)
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18 For Christ died (a) for sins once and for all,
a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to
lead you to God. He was put to death
physically, but made alive spiritually,
19 and in his spiritual existence he went and
preached to the imprisoned spirits.
20 These were the spirits of those who had not
obeyed God when he waited patiently during
the days that Noah was building his boat.
The few people in the boat - eight in all -
were saved by the water,
21 which was a symbol pointing to baptism,
which now saves you. It is not the washing off
of bodily dirt, but the promise made to God
from a good conscience. It saves you through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 who has gone to heaven and is at the right
side of God, ruling over all angels and
heavenly authorities and powers.
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Commentary taken from
'The Applied New Testament Commentary'
(Kingsway)
Suffering for Doing Right
1 Peter 3:18-22
Whenever we suffer for doing good,
let us remember that Jesus himself
walked the road of suffering
before us.
He suffered for doing good,
and did not deserve
the suffering He received.
Through His suffering he
brought men to God.
Jesus died for sins once for all.
Now we are free forever
from the condemnation of sin.
As soon as Jesus died,
He was made alive again
by the Spirit.
He conquered death.
But not only that,
He also delivers us from death,
the punishment for sin.
From verse nineteen comes the section
in the Apostles' Creed
where it says:
"He descended into hell."
After Jesus died and was made
alive in spirit, three days
passed before His body
was resurrected, during that time
he went and preached to the
spirits in prison.
It is not certain what spirits
Peter is talking about here.
Some Bible scholars believe that
they are the spirits of men who
died in the flood in Noah's
time without ever hearing
about Jesus.
The flood in Noah's time
was a sign both of judgment
and salvation.
God gave the evil men of
Noah's time a chance to repent.
When they did not,
God destroyed them all by
sending a flood upon the earth.
Noah and his family -
eight people -
were saved from the flood.
The water of the flood is an
illustration or symbol of our
baptism into Jesus.
The ceremony of baptism, in itself,
does not save us;
it is Jesus who saves us.
In order to receive this salvation,
all we have to do
is to believe, (in Jesus)
True baptism is not an outer washing;
it is an inner spiritual washing.
How great and deep is the meaning
of baptism!
How great is our Saviour Jesus!
He is at God's right hand.
All things have been
placed under His authority.
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