1 Peter 3:20
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.
Context
This verse from 1 Peter Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. Wives, be subject to your husbands; husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, honoring them as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the grace of life. All of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love. Always …
Other Translations
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:
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;
Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:
Cross References
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Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto …
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the …
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood …