1 Peter 3:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

The longsuffering

Romans 2:4

Romans 9:22

2 Peter 3:15

The days

Matthew 24:37

Luke 17:26

While

Hebrews 11:7

Wherein

By

2 Corinthians 2:15

Ephesians 5:26

General references

Matthew 24:37

Bible References

The longsuffering

Do you think so lightly of his wealth of kindness, forbearance, and patience, and fail to see that God's kindness ought to induce you to repent?

Then what if God, though he wanted to display his anger and show his power, has shown great patience toward the objects of his anger, already ripe for destruction,

Look upon our Lord's patience as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul, with the wisdom that God gave him, wrote you to do,

The days

For just as it was in the time of Noah, it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

In the time of the Son of Man it will be just as it was in the time of Noah.

While

Faith led Noah, when he was warned by God of things no one then saw, in obedience to the warning to build an ark in which to save his family, and by such faith he condemned the world, and came to possess that uprightness which faith produces.

Wherein

But the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few that find it.

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

"You must strain every nerve to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in, and will not succeed,

and if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought the flood upon the godless world;

By

Yes, I am the fragrance of Christ to God, diffused among those who are being saved, and those who are perishing alike;

to consecrate her, after cleansing her with the bath in water through her confession of him,

General references

For just as it was in the time of Noah, it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.