1 Peter 3:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Peter 3:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Peter 3:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“who before were disobedient when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.”
1 Peter 3:20 — World English Bible
1 Peter 3:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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: ”
1 Peter 3:20 — American Standard Version
1 Peter 3:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah--an ark being preparing--in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;”
1 Peter 3:20 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Peter 3:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering ofGod waited in [the] days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water: ”
1 Peter 3:20 — Darby Translation
1 Peter 3:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Which were in time passed disobedient, when once the long suffering of God abode in the dayes of Noe, while the Arke was preparing, wherein fewe, that is, eight soules were saued in the water.”
1 Peter 3:20 — Geneva Bible
1 Peter 3:20 in Context — 1 Peter 3
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.
What Does 1 Peter 3:20 Mean?
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