1 Peter 3:20
1 Peter · New Testament · Chapter 3
“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
What Does 1 Peter 3:20 Mean?
1 Peter 3:20 is found in the book of 1 Peter, chapter 3, verse 20 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Peter 3:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Peter 3:9“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”Hebrews 11:7“By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.”Matthew 7:14“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”2 Peter 2:5“And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;”Genesis 6:3“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”Genesis 6:5“And God 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.”Genesis 7:1“And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.”Romans 15:5“Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:”Genesis 7:23“And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.”Genesis 8:18“And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:”Genesis 6:13“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.”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 unto him hath written unto you;”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.”Genesis 6:17“And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.”Matthew 24:37“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”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?”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;”Luke 17:26“And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.”1 Timothy 1:16“Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.”Revelation 2:21“And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.”
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