1 Peter 3:20

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:

Genesis 6:3

And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 6:5

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Genesis 8:18

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him:

2 Peter 2:5

and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Genesis 6:13-7

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Genesis 7:13

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

Genesis 7:17-23

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Genesis 8:1

And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.

Matthew 7:14

For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.

Matthew 24:37-39

And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

Luke 12:32

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Luke 13:24-25

Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Luke 17:26-30

And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

Romans 2:4-5

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Romans 9:22

What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;

Ephesians 5:26

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

2 Peter 3:15

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;

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Summary

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.

Sometime

General references

Bible References

Sometime

Genesis 6:3
And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

The longsuffering

Isaiah 30:18
And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.
Romans 2:4
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Romans 9:22
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
2 Peter 3:15
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;

The days

Matthew 24:37
And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
Luke 17:26
And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

While

Genesis 6:14
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Wherein

Genesis 7:1
And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 8:1
And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
Matthew 7:14
For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
2 Peter 2:5
and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

By

Genesis 7:17
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;
Ephesians 5:26
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

General references

Genesis 7:7
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Matthew 24:37
And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

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