Does baptism save? 1 Peter 3:18-20 has flummoxed readers for centuries.
Sam Storms takes a detailed crack at it, from his commentary.
The gist:
The spirits in prison are the rebellious demons from Genesis 6:1-4, 2 Peter 2:4, and Jude 6.
Peter saw his readers in the same boat (pun intended) that Noah was in.
Baptism doesn't save mechanically, but is the same pattern by which God had saved His people in the Old Testament: with physical means and the heart's appeal to God.
Derek Thomas passes on John Owen's wisdom on the "Mortification of Sin."
Kevin DeYoung reviews the best Systematic Theology works available.
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