Where a verse leads
1 Peter 3:20: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ
“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.”1 Peter 3:20
1 Peter 3:20 is one of the verses The Living Bread keeps returning to. It anchors 2 different readings across the site. Each is listed below, with an honest note on how directly it is read of Christ. Read the verse first, then follow it wherever it leads.
Read it in its place
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. 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
1 Peter 3 · King James Version
Every collection that stands on this verse
Shadows and types
- Noah's Ark Through the Flood
- Noah's Ark and Salvation (Direct New Testament link)
Questions people ask
What does 1 Peter 3:20 mean?
1 Peter 3:20 is one of the verses The Living Bread returns to again and again, because it opens onto Christ from several directions at once. Read it in its passage above, then follow the collections below to see how it is read across Scripture, each honestly labeled for how directly it speaks of Jesus.
Where is 1 Peter 3:20 in the Bible?
1 Peter 3:20 is found in the book and chapter named in the reference. You can read the whole chapter, in the King James Version, on The Living Bread.
How does 1 Peter 3:20 point to Jesus?
Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens 1 Peter 3:20 from a different angle, and together they show how the verse, read in its place, leads to Christ, who said that all the Scriptures speak of Him.