1 Peter 3:20 “who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah w…”

1 Peter 3:20

who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

Geneva Bible 1599

Which were in time passed disobedient, when once the long suffering of God abode in the dayes of Noe, while the Arke was preparing, wherein fewe, that is, eight soules were saued in the water.

Darby Translation

heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in [the] days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

Young's Literal Translation

who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah — an ark being preparing — in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

Bible in Basic English

Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:

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Cross references

“sometime”

Genesis 6:3 Genesis 6:5 Genesis 6:13

Genesis 6:3 · BSB

So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

Genesis 6:5 · BSB

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Genesis 6:13 · BSB

Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

“the longsuffering”

Isaiah 30:18 Romans 9:22 2 Peter 3:15 Romans 2:4 Romans 2:5

Isaiah 30:18 · BSB

Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

Romans 9:22 · BSB

What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

2 Peter 3:15 · BSB

Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.

Romans 2:4 · BSB

Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

Romans 2:5 · BSB

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

“the days”

Matthew 24:37–39 Luke 17:26–30

Matthew 24:37–39 · BSB

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Luke 17:26–30 · BSB

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:

“while”

Hebrews 11:7 Genesis 6:14–22

Hebrews 11:7 · BSB

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Genesis 6:14–22 · BSB

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

“wherein”

2 Peter 2:5 Genesis 8:18 Genesis 7:13 Matthew 7:14 Genesis 8:1 Luke 12:32

2 Peter 2:5 · BSB

if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

Genesis 8:18 · BSB

So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.

Genesis 7:13 · BSB

On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

Matthew 7:14 · BSB

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Genesis 8:1 · BSB

But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

Luke 12:32 · BSB

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

“by”

Genesis 7:17–23 Ephesians 5:26 2 Corinthians 2:15 2 Corinthians 2:16

Genesis 7:17–23 · BSB

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

Ephesians 5:26 · BSB

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

2 Corinthians 2:15 · BSB

For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 2:16 · BSB

To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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