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.

Cross-reference

Genesis 8:18 Historical context

Genesis 8:18 describes Noah and his family leaving the ark, completing the salvation journey of the eight mentioned here.

2 Peter 3:15 calls the Lord's patience 'salvation' – the same patience that waited in Noah's days and saved eight souls.

2 Peter 2:5 Parallel

2 Peter 2:5 also recounts the flood and Noah's preservation of eight people, reinforcing the typology of salvation through judgment.

Hebrews 11:7 highlights Noah's faith in building the ark, connecting to the salvation of the eight mentioned here.

Romans 9:22 Parallel

Romans 9:22 describes God patiently enduring vessels of wrath – directly parallel to His patience with the disobedient before the flood.

Luke 17:26-30 parallels Matthew 24, using Noah's days as a type of final judgment – echoing the flood narrative here.

Matthew 24:37-39 uses Noah's days as a type of the Son of Man's coming – the same event shows judgment and salvation, now a pattern for the end.

Genesis 6:3 Historical context

Genesis 6:3 records God's 120-year limit before the flood — the period of patience that 1 Peter 3:20 says God waited during Noah's days.

Genesis 8:1 Historical context

Genesis 8:1 recounts God remembering Noah in the ark, continuing the story of the eight being preserved through the flood.

Genesis 7:23 Historical context

Genesis 7:23 states only those in the ark survived, underscoring the salvation of the eight through the flood waters.

Genesis 7:17-23 records the flood destroying all but Noah and his family, providing the OT event that Peter uses typologically.

Genesis 7:13 Historical context

Genesis 7:13 names the eight persons who entered the ark, exactly the 'few' that were brought safely through water here.

Genesis 7:1–7 Historical context

In Genesis 7:1-7, God commands Noah and his family to enter the ark, the very event of the eight being saved through water.

Genesis 6:13 Historical context

Genesis 6:13 records God's announcement of judgment on all flesh, showing the fate of the disobedient spirits mentioned here.

Genesis 6:5 Historical context

Genesis 6:5 describes the great wickedness that caused the flood – the reason God's patience waited in Noah's day.

Genesis 7:7 Historical context

Genesis 7:7 describes the eight people entering the ark, exactly the group Peter refers to as saved through water.

Genesis 6:18 Historical context

Genesis 6:18 records God's covenant to save Noah and his family in the ark, directly matching the eight persons in 1 Peter 3:20.

Genesis 6:17 Historical context

Genesis 6:17 records God's announcement of the flood judgment, which Peter references as the event where eight were saved.

2 Peter 3:9 Parallel

2 Peter 3:9 reveals God's patience in Noah's day as a pattern of His desire for all to repent.

Romans 2:4 Parallel

Romans 2:4 explains that God's patience leads to repentance – the purpose behind His waiting during the construction of the ark.

Genesis 6:14–16 Historical context

Genesis 6:14-16 gives the detailed instructions for building the ark – the very object that carried the eight through water.

Genesis 6:12 Historical context

Genesis 6:12 describes the corruption of all flesh that led to the flood, providing the context for the disobedient in 1 Peter 3:20.

Job 22:16 Parallel

Job 22:16 also describes the flood sweeping away the wicked, echoing the same judgment event as the disobedient in Noah's day.

Matthew 7:14 Related theme

Matthew 7:14 speaks of the narrow gate and few finding it, echoing the 'few, that is, eight persons' saved through the ark.

Luke 13:24 Related theme

Luke 13:24 urges striving to enter the narrow door, similar to the idea of only a few being saved through the flood.

Romans 2:5 Contrast

Romans 2:5 warns that stubbornness stores up wrath – the opposite response to the patience God showed in Noah's time.