1 Peter 3:20

to{[the] be[ing]-unpersuaded/stubborn/noncompliant} at-what-time when he-has-been-receiving-out-off/away[i.e. waiting off/away for] the far-[furious]desire-ia[i.e. longsuffering] of{the God} in to{[the] days} [of-]Noah of{[the] ark being-equip-ized/furnished}, into which few lives, the-same is-being eight, are-saved-through through of{water},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The 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.

In Context

19in to{which} also to{the[plural] spirits} in to{custody[i.e. prison]}, be[ing]-gone, he-proclaims,

21which type/replica-in-place-of[translit. "antitype"] now is-saving also you, [an] immerse-effect not of{flesh}, place-off/away-sis[i.e. state of placing off/away from] of{filth}; contrariwise, of{beneficial behold-together-sis[i.e. state of beholding together]/conscience}, ask-upon-effect into God through of{stand-up/anew-sis[i.e. state of resurrection]} of{Jesus Anointed},

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Cross References

Matthew 24:37Moreover, even-as the days of{the Noah} the-same-ly will-be also the presence of{the son} of{the man},

Luke 13:24"Be-competing/contending to-come-into through of{the narrow gate}, that many, I-am-saying to{you}, will-seek to-come-into and will_not_have-strength.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:19-21

Christ's Sufferings. ( a. d. 66.) 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 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. Here, I. The example of Christ is proposed as an argument for… Read the whole commentary →

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