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The Naked Bible Podcast

Naked Bible 008: Baptism & Problem Passages: 1 Peter 3:14-22

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2015

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

1 Peter 3:14-22 is an odd, controversial passage since it amalgamates, baptism, salvation, Noah, the ark, and Jesus' descent to preach to spirits in the Underworld. The key to understanding the passage is to recognize that Peter embraces the worldview of non-canonical Jewish literature like 1 Enoch and seems an analogy between the events of Genesis 6-8, salvation, and baptism.

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0:00.0

Ar gate-line

0:23.6

There was links to you and take it by the product.

0:26.8

Welcome once again to the Naked Bible Podcast.

0:37.2

The last podcast episode ended my summary of the problems with the way baptism gets

0:42.2

talked about and my solutions to those problems.

0:46.4

Now I want to take some time in the next few episodes to go through some difficult passages

0:51.2

relating to baptism.

0:53.6

In today's episode we'll tackle 1 Peter 3, 14 through 22.

0:58.8

So I want to read that to you now.

1:02.0

But even if you should suffer for righteousness's sake, you will be blessed.

1:07.5

Have no fear of them nor be troubled.

1:10.1

But in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense

1:15.3

to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.

1:19.9

But do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience so that when you are slandered,

1:26.2

those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

1:30.7

For it is better to suffer for doing good if that should be God's will than for doing evil.

1:37.3

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might

1:42.8

bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, in which

1:48.7

he went and proclaimed to the Spirit in prison, because they formerly did not obey.

1:55.2

When God's patience waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared in

2:00.4

which a few, that is eight persons, were brought safely through water.

2:06.0

And now the anti-type that is baptism saves you.

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