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He is seated in the place of honor next to God, and all the angels and authorities and powers accept his authority. <a href="/esv/1_peter/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. <a href="/bsb/1_peter/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him. <a href="/blb/1_peter/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been subjected to Him. <a href="/kjv/1_peter/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. <a href="/nkjv/1_peter/3.htm">New King James Version</a> who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. <a href="/nasb_/1_peter/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him. <a href="/nasb/1_peter/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him. <a href="/nasb77/1_peter/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him. <a href="/lsb/1_peter/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him. <a href="/amp/1_peter/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God [that is, the place of honor and authority], with [all] angels and authorities and powers made subservient to Him. <a href="/csb/1_peter/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him. <a href="/hcsb/1_peter/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Now that He has gone into heaven, He is at God&#8217s right hand with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him. <a href="/asv/1_peter/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. <a href="/cev/1_peter/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Christ is now in heaven, where he sits at the right side of God. All angels, authorities, and powers are under his control. <a href="/erv/1_peter/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. <a href="/gwt/1_peter/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Christ has gone to heaven where he has the highest position that God gives. Angels, rulers, and powers have been placed under his authority. <a href="/gnt/1_peter/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> who has gone to heaven and is at the right side of God, ruling over all angels and heavenly authorities and powers. <a href="/isv/1_peter/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> who has gone to heaven and is at the right hand of God, where angels, authorities, and powers have been made subject to him. <a href="/msb/1_peter/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him. <a href="/net/1_peter/3.htm">NET Bible</a> who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him. <a href="/nheb/1_peter/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him. <a href="/wbt/1_peter/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels, and authorities, and powers being made subject to him. <a href="/wey/1_peter/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> who is at God's right hand, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. <a href="/web/1_peter/3.htm">World English Bible</a> who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_peter/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to Heaven—messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to Him. <a href="/blb/1_peter/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been subjected to Him. <a href="/ylt/1_peter/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to heaven -- messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to him. <a href="/slt/1_peter/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers subjected to him.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_peter/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Who is on the right hand of God, swallowing down death, that we might be made heirs of life everlasting: being gone into heaven, the angels and powers and virtues being made subject to him. <a href="/cpdv/1_peter/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> He is at the right hand of God, devouring death, so that we may be made heirs to eternal life. And since he has journeyed to heaven, the Angels and powers and virtues are subject to him. <a href="/nabre/1_peter/3.htm">New American Bible</a> who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him. <a href="/nrsvce/1_peter/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_peter/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Who is taken up to heaven, and is at the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_peter/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> He who has been escorted into Heaven, and he is upon the right hand of God, and the Angels and the Principalities and the Powers are subjected unto him. <div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_peter/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having become subject to him. <a href="/godbey/1_peter/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> who is on the right hand of God, having gone up into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being subordinated unto him. <a href="/haweis/1_peter/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> who is at the right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and dominations and powers being put in subjection under him.<CM> <a href="/mace/1_peter/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> who being ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of God, where angels, dominations, and potentates have been subjected to him. <a href="/wey/1_peter/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> who is at God's right hand, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. <a href="/worrell/1_peter/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Who is on the right hand of God, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. <a href="/worsley/1_peter/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> who is gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to Him. <a href="/parallel/1_peter/3-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1h9-AlUcaGE?start=698" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_peter/3.htm">Suffering for Righteousness</a> …21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22<a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hos (RelPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">who</a> <a href="/greek/4198.htm" title="4198: poreutheis (V-APP-NMS) -- To travel, journey, go, die. ">has gone</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">into</a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranon (N-AMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">and is</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">at</a> <a href="/greek/1188.htm" title="1188: dexia (Adj-DFS) -- On the right hand, right hand, right. From dechomai; the right side or hand.">the right hand</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God,</a> <a href="/greek/32.htm" title="32: angelōn (N-GMP) -- From aggello; a messenger; especially an angel; by implication, a pastor.">with angels,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1849.htm" title="1849: exousiōn (N-GFP) -- From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence.">authorities,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1411.htm" title="1411: dynameōn (N-GFP) -- From dunamai; force; specially, miraculous power.">powers</a> <a href="/greek/5293.htm" title="5293: hypotagentōn (V-APP-GMP) -- From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey.">subject</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">to Him.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ephesians/1-20.htm">Ephesians 1:20-22</a> which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, / far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. / And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church, <a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9-11</a> Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, / that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. <a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3-4</a> The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. / So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs. <a href="/colossians/3-1.htm">Colossians 3:1</a> Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. <a href="/matthew/28-18.htm">Matthew 28:18</a> Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. <a href="/romans/8-34.htm">Romans 8:34</a> Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us. <a href="/mark/16-19.htm">Mark 16:19</a> After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. <a href="/acts/2-33.htm">Acts 2:33</a> Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. <a href="/hebrews/10-12.htm">Hebrews 10:12-13</a> But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. / Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet, <a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">1 Corinthians 15:24-27</a> Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. / For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. / The last enemy to be destroyed is death. ... <a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13-14</a> In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. / And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. <a href="/psalms/110-1.htm">Psalm 110:1</a> A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6-7</a> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. / Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this. <a href="/psalms/8-5.htm">Psalm 8:5-6</a> You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor. / You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet: <a href="/hebrews/2-8.htm">Hebrews 2:8</a> and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.is gone.<a href="/mark/16-19.htm">Mark 16:19</a> So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.<a href="/acts/1-11.htm">Acts 1:11</a> Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.<a href="/acts/2-34.htm">Acts 2:34-36</a> For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, … is on.<a href="/psalms/110-1.htm">Psalm 110:1</a> A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.<a href="/matthew/22-44.htm">Matthew 22:44</a> The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?<a href="/mark/12-36.htm">Mark 12:36</a> For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.angels.<a href="/romans/8-38.htm">Romans 8:38</a> For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,<a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">1 Corinthians 15:24</a> Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.<a href="/ephesians/1-21.htm">Ephesians 1:21</a> Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_peter/1-12.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/titus/3-1.htm">Authorities</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">God's</a> <a href="/james/5-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/james/5-10.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-5.htm">Powers</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-17.htm">Right</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-24.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/james/3-7.htm">Subjected</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-7.htm">Submission</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/jude/1-8.htm">Authorities</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-2.htm">God's</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-18.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-11.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/revelation/22-15.htm">Powers</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-6.htm">Right</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/joshua/17-13.htm">Subjected</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-24.htm">Submission</a><div class="vheading2">1 Peter 3</div>1. <a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">He teaches the duty of wives and husbands to each other;</a> 8. <a href="/1_peter/3-8.htm">exhorting all men to unity and love;</a> 14. <a href="/1_peter/3-14.htm">and to suffer persecution.</a> 19. <a href="/1_peter/3-19.htm">He declares also the benefits of Christ toward the old world.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_peter/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_peter/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_peter/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>who has gone into heaven This phrase refers to the ascension of Jesus Christ, which is a pivotal event in Christian theology. After His resurrection, Jesus spent 40 days with His disciples before ascending to heaven (<a href="/acts/1-9.htm">Acts 1:9-11</a>). The ascension signifies the completion of His earthly ministry and His return to the Father. It fulfills Old Testament prophecies such as <a href="/psalms/68-18.htm">Psalm 68:18</a> and is a precursor to His promised return. The ascension also marks the beginning of His heavenly intercession for believers (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>).and is at the right hand of God The right hand of God is a position of honor, authority, and power. In ancient cultures, sitting at the right hand of a king signified a place of favor and influence. This imagery is used throughout Scripture to denote Jesus' exalted status (<a href="/psalms/110.htm">Psalm 110:1</a>, <a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a>). It underscores His divine authority and His role as the mediator between God and humanity. This position also indicates the completion of His redemptive work, as He now reigns with God the Father.with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him This phrase emphasizes the supremacy of Christ over all spiritual beings and earthly powers. Angels, authorities, and powers refer to various ranks of spiritual beings, both good and evil (<a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a>, <a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16</a>). The subjection of these entities to Christ highlights His victory over sin and death, achieved through His death and resurrection (<a href="/colossians/2-15.htm">Colossians 2:15</a>). It assures believers of Christ's ultimate control over all creation and His ability to protect and sustain His church. This authority is a fulfillment of the promise that all things would be placed under His feet (<a href="/psalms/8-6.htm">Psalm 8:6</a>, <a href="/1_corinthians/15-27.htm">1 Corinthians 15:27</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure in this verse, who has ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God. 2. <a href="/topical/h/heaven.htm">Heaven</a> The spiritual realm where God resides and where Jesus has ascended. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign deity, whose right hand is a position of honor and authority. 4. <a href="/topical/a/angels.htm">Angels</a> Spiritual beings created by God, who are subject to Christ. 5. <a href="/topical/a/authorities_and_powers.htm">Authorities and Powers</a> These refer to both spiritual and earthly realms of power that are under Christ's dominion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/christ's_authority_and_sovereignty.htm">Christ's Authority and Sovereignty</a> Jesus' position at the right hand of God signifies His ultimate authority over all creation, both spiritual and earthly. Believers can find comfort and assurance in His sovereign rule. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_angels_and_spiritual_beings.htm">The Role of Angels and Spiritual Beings</a> Angels and spiritual authorities are subject to Christ, indicating that no spiritual force can oppose His will. This reassures believers of their protection under His authority. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_the_ascension.htm">The Significance of the Ascension</a> Jesus' ascension into heaven is a pivotal event that confirms His divine nature and His role as our intercessor before God. It encourages believers to live with an eternal perspective. <a href="/topical/l/living_under_christ's_lordship.htm">Living Under Christ's Lordship</a> Recognizing Christ's authority should lead believers to submit to His lordship in every area of life, aligning their actions and decisions with His will. <a href="/topical/h/hope_and_encouragement_in_trials.htm">Hope and Encouragement in Trials</a> Knowing that Christ reigns supreme provides hope and encouragement, especially during trials and challenges, as believers trust in His ultimate victory and justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_peter_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Peter 3</a> <a href="/q/how_does_1_peter_3_align_with_scripture.htm">In 1 Peter 3, particularly verses 21-22, how do claims of Christ's cosmic authority align with passages elsewhere in Scripture, and how can these be historically or theologically verified?</a> <a href="/q/can_humans_command_angels.htm">Can humans command angels?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_main_themes_in_1_peter.htm">What are the main themes in 1 Peter?</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_spirits_in_prison.htm">Who are the spirits in prison mentioned in scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_peter/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God.--This verse (which partakes of the character of a doxology) serves two purposes. First, it carries on the history of Jesus Christ. How carefully, in spite of what seem at first irrelevant digressions, St. Peter holds his threads. Christ's passion and death, activity among the dead, resurrection from among them, ascension into heaven, perpetual session in glory, follow one another in due order. The second purpose of the clause runs parallel to the first. St. Peter is teaching the entire conformity of the believer to the Lord. If the believer will but retain his good conscience, he may hope for a precisely similar experience. The Latin and several other good versions, together with several Latin Fathers, add a curious sentence after the words "on the right hand of God," which runs: swallowing up death, that we might be made heirs of eternal life; but there is no sufficient authority for the sentence. The first notion of being "on the right hand of God," taken, probably, from <a href="/psalms/110-1.htm" title="The LORD said to my Lord, Sit you at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.">Psalm 110:1</a>, seems to be that of occupying the highest post of honour possible, next after that of God--i.e., the Father--Himself It is not necessary here to consider what else may be implied in the phrase as to the conditions of our Lord's human existence; but when we compare St. Paul's statement, in <a href="/ephesians/4-10.htm" title="He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)">Ephesians 4:10</a>, about His now "filling all things," we feel that these pictorial words, such as "heaven" and "right hand of God," are intended to convey the notion that His humanity is now entirely without conditions, though still retaining all that is truly essential to humanity. It may be observed that, assuming (as even most sceptical critics do) the genuineness of this Epistle, we have here at first hand the deliberate evidence of one who had been perfectly familiar with Jesus Christ as man with man. By what stretch of imagination can we suppose that such a person could ever have invented, or have accepted from others this mode of speaking about his former Teacher, had he not been conscious of the resurrection and ascension of Jesus as simply historical facts, of the same order as the fact of His death?Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.--There can be no doubt that this whole verse is coloured by recollection of the circular letter which St. Paul had sent to the Churches of Asia, which we call the Epistle to the Ephesians. Perhaps the heresy which St. Paul lamented in that Epistle may still have lingered in existence, in cabalistic Jewish circles, among those same Churches when St. Peter thus wrote to them. He may, for the moment, be glancing away from his faint-hearted Hebrew brethren, who, in fear of persecution, were slinking back into Judaism, and turning rather to those Gnosticising Jews who began to abound in Asia, who made "genealogies" of aeons, and gave Christ a place among them. In favour of such an opinion one might appeal to the vivid picture of licentiousness in the next chapter, and the development of the same, manifestly under Gnostic influence, in the Second Epistle and in the Apocalypse. From the expression "being made subject," or, literally, having been subdued (or, subjected) "we may infer that St. Peter meant evil spirits, this being a crowning triumph of Christ, and not only a mark of His exaltation. We need not think that St. Peter, any more than St. Paul, is distinctly teaching that there are such grades of spiritual beings; he is probably only borrowing the titles from the heretics glanced at, and saying that, whatever unseen powers there are, whatever they may be called, they are now cubdued to Christ.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_peter/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 22. - Who is gone into heaven. The word here rendered "gone" is that used in ver. 19, "he went and preached (πορευθείς)" (comp. <a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm">Ephesians 4:9</a>, "Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?"). And is on the right hand of God (comp. <a href="/psalms/110-1.htm">Psalm 110:1</a>; <a href="/romans/8-34.htm">Romans 8:34</a>; <a href="/colossians/3-1.htm">Colossians 3:1</a>; <a href="/ephesians/1-20.htm">Ephesians 1:20</a>; <a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a>). It is better to suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing, for he who is the signal Example, who suffered, the Just for the unjust, is now exalted to the right hand of the Majesty on high; and "is able to save them to the uttermost that come to God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. God "hath set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come." All the angels of God, in the various grades of the heavenly hierarchy, are made subject to Christ. The words seem to include, especially when read in comparison with <a href="/colossians/2-15.htm">Colossians 2:15</a>, the evil angels also; they are made subject against their will to Christ; they asked him once if he was come to torment them before the time. He can restrain their malice and save his people from their power. <a href="/commentaries/1_peter/3-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>who ὅς (hos) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. has gone πορευθεὶς (poreutheis) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4198.htm">Strong's 4198: </a> To travel, journey, go, die. into εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. heaven οὐρανόν (ouranon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. [and] is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. at ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the] right hand δεξιᾷ (dexia) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1188.htm">Strong's 1188: </a> On the right hand, right hand, right. From dechomai; the right side or hand. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. [with] angels, ἀγγέλων (angelōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_32.htm">Strong's 32: </a> From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. authorities, ἐξουσιῶν (exousiōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1849.htm">Strong's 1849: </a> From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. powers δυνάμεων (dynameōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1411.htm">Strong's 1411: </a> From dunamai; force; specially, miraculous power. subject ὑποταγέντων (hypotagentōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5293.htm">Strong's 5293: </a> From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey. to Him. αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. 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